Experience a truly enchanting holiday in one of my Tuscan Villas
Appointment with the Summer Festival Lucca, 2010 edition here as follow the program:
4 July: Fiorello Show
9 July: Paco de Lucia
10 July: Marc Knopfler
16 July: Seal
17 July: Eros Ramazzotti
18 July: Crosby Stills & Nash
20 July: Paolo Nutini
23 July: Simply Red
25 July: Karima
27 July: Placebo
More information on: www.summer-festival.com
TEATRO VERDI Via Ghibellina 91 – Tel +39 055 212320 or +39 055 2396242
www.teatroverdionline.it
Opera y Flamenco 2 May
Jun’ichi Hirokami directs the Orchestra della Toscana, Brahms op. 77 – 5 May
Orchestra della Toscana with soloists.
Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils and Finale from Salomè op 54 Stravinsky The Firebird (1919 version) 14 May
Giovanni Allevi premiere. Italian composer and pianist 17 and 18 May
Teatro del Maggio 73rd Season
Full programme and information on www.maggiofiorentino.com
TEATRO COMUNALE Via Solferino 15 – Tel. +39 055 27791
Die Frau Ohne Schatten Three act opera by R. Strauss Zubin Metha directs the Maggio Orchestra 15.30 on 2 may, 19.30 on 5 and 8 May.
Saechsiche Staatskapelle Dresden Zubin Metha conducts Brahms Piano Concerto n. 2 in B Flat Major Op. 83 Strauss Also Sprach Zarathrusta Op. 30.20.30 on 10 May.
Rufus Wainwright 21.30 on 13 may.
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Mozart’s Turkish opera 20.30 on 14, 19 and 21 May, 15.30 on 16 May.
Daniel Barenboim (piano) Chopin 20.30 on 24 May.
Zubin Metha conducts with Daniel Barenboim (piano) Bartok and Chopin 25 May.
Long Yu conductor and Saleem Abboud Ashkar (piano) Tan Dun Internet symphony, Mendelssohn, Dvorak 20.30 on 29 May.
Gerswin Songs for Jazz quintet and orchestra with Enrico Rava Quintet, 20.30 on 1 June.
Walks thorough the Massaciuccoli marshlands 10, 16, 24 May.
In the San Rossore Estate, 22, 23 May. Walking in the Alpi Apuane. Guided tours of nature trails. Visit the caves, see phenomenal stalactites and stalagmites at the Equi terme Spa in Fivizzano, the Antro del Corchia (Levignani di Stazzema) and Grotta del Vento (Fornovalasco).
For full details of conferences, bird watching, flower and fauna activities and much more go to www.tuscanywalkingfestival.it
The Clothes Show
Hundred years of fashion is on show in Lucca until the middle of May.
The State Archive in Piazza Guidiccioni (where the open air summer cinema is held) has been rummaging through the family wardrobe and various private collection to display clothes and fashions from the past.
Also using documentary material tailor’s bills and clothes shop accounts, as well as the recently acquired archive from thread makers Cucirini Cantoni Coats, the exhibition “Dal Filo al Vestito” offers a social commentary on how Italians dressed from the md 19th century up to the time of economic boom a century later.
Exhibition runs until 15 May.
To visit you must book by telephone on 0583 491465 or by e-mail at: as-lu@beniculturali.it
Web-site: www.beniculturali.it
Giacomo Puccini May 2010 Events in Lucca
TUTTI I LUNEDI’, MARTEDI’ E MERCOLEDI’ DEL MESE /EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH
SPECIAL CONCERTS
“PUCCINI AND MOZART”
(always with different performers and programmes)
TUTTI I GIOVEDI’ DEL MESE – EVERY THRUSDAY OF THE MONTH
UNA NOTTE ALL’OPERA/A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Arie e duetti dal repertorio lirico di Puccini, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Donietti, Mascagni ed altri/arias and duets from the Italian operatic repertoire
TUTTI I VENERDI’ DEL MESE – EVERY FRIDAY OF THE MONTH
MOZART & PUCCINI
Arie e duetti da/arias and duets from LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, COSI’ FAN TUTTE, DON GIOVANNI, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, LA BOHEME, TOSCA
TUTTI I SABATO DEL MESE – EVERY SATURDAY OF THE MONTH
UNA NOTTE ALL’OPERA/A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Arie e duetti dal repertorio lirico di Puccini, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Donietti, Mascagni ed altri/arias and duets from the Italian operatic repertoire
TUTTE LE DOMENICHE DEL MESE – EVERY SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
PUCCINI E LA CANZONE TRADIZIONALE NAPOLETANA – PUCCINI & THE NEAPOLITAN TRADITIONAL SONGS