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Puccini Festival - Torre del Lago
The Puccini Festival is held annually, during July and August, to celebrate the life and works of the famous Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.
Shortly before going away to Brussels to have treatment for throat cancer Giacomo Puccini was walking by Lake Massaciuccoli near his home in Torre del Lago with his friend Giovacchino Forzano. Puccini made a chance remark saying how much he would like to hear his music performed in the open air. Giovacchino took this to mean that the composer was expressing a wish to have his operas performed, after his death, by the side of the lake which formed an unusual natural stage. Puccini did not recover from throat cancer and died in Brussels, after which Giovacchino got to work in order to fulfill his friend's wishes.
The first Puccini Festival took place in 1930 and has since grown popularity. The performances now take place in the new outdoor theatre with seating for 3,370 people and is one of the worlds major operatic events.
Programme for the 2011 Puccini Festival:
15th July – 27th August 2011
(The program can be subject to change.)
LA BOHEME (6 Performances)
Friday 15th July - Sunday 24th July - Saturday 30th July
Friday 12th August - Saturday 20th August - Saturday 27th August
TOSCA (4 Performances)
Saturday 16th July - Friday 22nd July
Friday 5th August - Saturday 13th August
TURANDOT (5 Performances)
Saturday 23rd July – Friday 29th July
Sunday 7th August - Sunday 14th August - Friday 26th August
MADAMA BUTTERFLY (3 Performances)
Saturday 6th August –Thursday 11th August – Thursday 18th August
MAMELI (2 Performances)
Opera by R. Leoncavallo
Friday 19th August – Thursday 25th August
Click here to visit the official Puccini Festival website.
Shortly before going away to Brussels to have treatment for throat cancer Giacomo Puccini was walking by Lake Massaciuccoli near his home in Torre del Lago with his friend Giovacchino Forzano. Puccini made a chance remark saying how much he would like to hear his music performed in the open air. Giovacchino took this to mean that the composer was expressing a wish to have his operas performed, after his death, by the side of the lake which formed an unusual natural stage. Puccini did not recover from throat cancer and died in Brussels, after which Giovacchino got to work in order to fulfill his friend's wishes.
The first Puccini Festival took place in 1930 and has since grown popularity. The performances now take place in the new outdoor theatre with seating for 3,370 people and is one of the worlds major operatic events.
Programme for the 2011 Puccini Festival:
15th July – 27th August 2011
(The program can be subject to change.)
LA BOHEME (6 Performances)
Friday 15th July - Sunday 24th July - Saturday 30th July
Friday 12th August - Saturday 20th August - Saturday 27th August
TOSCA (4 Performances)
Saturday 16th July - Friday 22nd July
Friday 5th August - Saturday 13th August
TURANDOT (5 Performances)
Saturday 23rd July – Friday 29th July
Sunday 7th August - Sunday 14th August - Friday 26th August
MADAMA BUTTERFLY (3 Performances)
Saturday 6th August –Thursday 11th August – Thursday 18th August
MAMELI (2 Performances)
Opera by R. Leoncavallo
Friday 19th August – Thursday 25th August
Click here to visit the official Puccini Festival website.
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