Every year the Festival Pucciniano presents a series of operas on the lakefront near Puccini’s home. What makes thesse operas unique is the setting moonlight, lakeside and also the “Sculpt the Opera” project featuring local artists of international stature such as Kan Yasuda (for Butterfly) and Franco Adami ( La Read more…
Guided tours in Italy: Concerts in Piazza dei Miracoli This September, The Anima Mundi International Festival of Sacred Music in its Tenth edition has stunning program. Sir John Gardiner will again conduct seven concerts covering five centuries of sacrd music. Seven staggering performances of masterpieces, new music and rediscoveries for Read more…
It’s a happy accident of translation that the word “opera” in Italian translates into English as both “opera” (as in musical drama, opera lirica) and “work”. So the neatly named permanent exhibition in Lucca of “puccini Opera” can serve both as a showcase for the maestro’s whole output of work Read more…
Bacco is crowing the Montecarlo tourist season with a series of events from 28 August to 8 September, weekends 6 pm to midnight, weekdays 7.30 pm to midnight. This year the garden of the Instituto Pellegrini Carmignani in Via Roma, which recently underwent a conservative restoration, is the site of Read more…
Murabilia 10 years and growing It’s the biggest visitor attraction in Lucca after Comics & Games. Last year 23.000 people – gardeners, aspiring gardeners, and simply those who like the outdoor life passed though the turnstiles of Murabilia. This year, from 3-5 September, we can once again enjoy this uniquely Read more…