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| 2009/2010/2011: THE YEARS OF GIACOMO PUCCINI More than 1000 events already organised for the next three years, online in the EVENTS section, celebrating Puccini in his native city, Lucca, every day of the year PLEASE VISIT THE “EVENTS” SECTION FOR THE DETAILED PROGRAMME AND CALENDAR OF EVENTS |
| The first Festival dedicated to Giacomo Puccini & his music in Lucca |
| The 6th March 2004 is the date when
the PUCCINI E LA SUA LUCCA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL officially started its activity in Lucca, a
town so rich of musical tradition. Composers like Nicolao Dorati,
Cristoforo Malvezzi, Gioseffo Guami, Giovanni Lorenzo Gregari, Francesco
Barsanti, Francesco Geminiani, Filippo Manfredi, Luigi Boccherini,
Alfredo Catalani e Giacomo Puccini. Lucca land
of musicians but no one loved as Giacomo Puccini: the greatness
of his music is well known all over the world. Andrea Colombini, the artistic director, has strongly wished that the name of Giacomo Puccini was indissolubly linked to Lucca, the town where the great Maestro was born on the 22nd December 1858. The “Puccini e la sua Lucca” festival is the only permanent festival in the world. Recitals, opera selections, special concerts (“The Three Tenors”, “Puccini’s heroines” and many others): all in the most beautiful and stunning Basilica in the very core of Lucca (San Giovanni), all at the same time (concerts starts at 7:00 p.m.), all sporting great nationally and internationally renown singers and pianists. Everytime with a different cast of singers and different programmes, in order to give the audience the greatest possible spectrum of the great immeortal music of Giacomo Puccini, often flanked by the music of other great Italian operatic composers. A great occasion to appreciate the voice of the greatest Lucchese in the world (and possibly the greatest Italian in the world…) in the town where he was born and lived, in one of the most beautiful churches of the town. |
| IMPORTANT: TICKET INFORMATION Due to the great size of the venue, Tickets are ALWAYS available for each performance SEATS ARE NOT NUMBERED. Seat will be however reserved for groups of more than 20 people in special sectors of the Church. These groups will also obtain special group rates (please contact info@musick.it for further information) The price of each ticket for RECITAL (concerts every day
of the year) is Euro 17,oo The prices for the FULL OPERA PERFORMANCES and for the SYMPHONIC AND OPERATIC GALAS (for which seats WILL BE NUMBERED) may change accordingly. ALL TICKETS (recitals,
full opera, symphonic/operatic galas) can be: b) directly purchased at the Church of San Giovanni ticket office, everyday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., or/and at all the authorised selling points in Lucca (showing the Festival ticket sale advertisment). You can buy tickets for all dates of concerts, paying them cash only. The Festival artistic direction announces that changes
might happen in the programme which is going to be performed night by
night. All concerts and recitals in a week (from sunday to sunday) have
however different programmes and different performers. Taking
pictures and videos is allowed during all concerts and recitals
provided there is no disturb to the performance or it is done while
seated. ALL MOBILE TELEPHONES MUST BE SWITCHED OFF
BEFORE THE START OF THE PERFORMANCE. AN INTERVAL OF 10 MINUTES BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND PART OF THE
CONCERT IS USUALLY SCHEDULED. IN SOME CASES, THE INTERVAL CAN BE
CANCELLED, ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE PERFORMERS. IN THIS CASE, THE
CANCELLATION WILL BE HOWEVER ANNOUNCED TO THE AUDIENCE BEFORE THE START
OF THE PERFORMANCE. NO PERFORMANCE ON THE 13TH SEPTEMBER DUE TO THE
CELEBRATIONS FOR THE HOLY CROSS SPECIAL EVENTS/CONCERTI SPECIALI
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