A rich programme of events from June until August. The Puccini Festival 2008 will be characterized by one of the most important cultural events of the latest years: the opening of the new Theatre, around which will take form a cultural park where to celebrate Giacomo Puccini, his music, his history and his art, on the lake Massaciuccoli which inspired him in his life. A fantastic opportunity to live the Maestro’s harmonies in his homeland and to discover the places that inspired the creation of his everlasting works.
Imagine being carried by a melody made of art, culture, gastronomy and joy of feeling the atmosphere of Tuscany. Torre del Lago Puccini is the town where the famous composer Giacomo Puccini lived and composed some of his most remarkable works. Born in Lucca in 1858 he was considered a musical genius at the young age of 17 for his complex orchestral works that could not even be performed by the Lucca Orchestra because it was not large enough. He then went on to study and compose opera for Milan's Teatro all Scala and Turin's Teatro Regio before composing many world-famous operas such as Madame Butterfly and Turandot. Every year the annual Puccini festival is hosted in the open air (Teatro all'aperto) at Torre del Lago Puccini near Viareggio and 1 hour from Florence. The timing of most shows is for an early evening start. The theatre is situated on the shores of Lake Massaciuccoli.

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