MADAMA BUTTERFLY July 30 August 6 Torre del Lago -open-air theatre on the shores of Lake Massaciuccoli Giacomo Puccini spent three long years documenting and minutely studying the customs and traditions of Japan to shape Cio Cio San, his heroine who, 117 years after her first performance (Milan’s Teatro alla Scala on 17 February 1904) … Continue reading Puccini Festival – Madama Butterfly
Solo Piano Concert - Cristian Monti Place Cloister of Santa Caterina - Real Collegio - 9pm Categories Concert Solo piano Francesco Xaverio Geminiani - Pièces de clavecin (I. Prélude-Lentement; II. Gayment; III. Vivement; IV. Tendrement; V. Vivement); César Franck - Prélude, Choral et Fugue; Fryderyk Chopin - Barcarolle op. 60; Franz Schubert - Impromptu, op. … Continue reading Classical Concert
Drusilla Foer in ELEGANT SUMMER the recital written and performed by Drusilla Foer, which has now become a cult. A name, that of Madame Foer, which La Versiliana has known well for some time for having hosted it with great success twice in recent years. Even stronger after the Sanremo revelation, Drusilla has accepted the invitation … Continue reading Drusilla Foer
ORGAN CONCERT BY FRANZ JOSEF STOIBER August 7, 6:30pm A rich program of concerts by Choirs and Organists in the Cathedral of San Martino from June 3 to November 22, with world-renowned names and established musicians, holders of famous cathedrals and churches. FLAM - Lucchese Federation of Musical Associations www.musicaincattedralelucca.com www.maurus1958@virgilio.it
August 8. 2022 Villa Bertelli - Forti dei Marmi The historic English progressive band Jethro Tull will be in Italy for a series of unmissable events. Jethro Tull have carved … Continue reading Jethro Tull concert in Forte dei Marmi
Le Rinascenze Culture Festival By Night 9-10.August 2022 On 9 and 10 August The "Rinascenze" art event is about to return to Villa Reale in Marlia in the "By night" version. For two days, Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 August, the park of the Villa in its entirety will be the ideal stage for artists … Continue reading Le Rinascenze Culture Festival By Night – Art Under the Stars
The promenade, bulwark by bulwark, note by note, association by association ... The access and the route are free, but starting the walk from the cafe delle Mura, as the architect Nottolini had thought when in the nineteenth century the Urban Walls were transformed from a military building into an original urban park, the welcome … Continue reading And the Stars Were Shining – Walk along the Walls with Music performances & Associations opening their doors
Lucca Jazz Donna is a festival dedicated to showcasing female musicians. The frequency is annual and its purpose is to identify, select and enhance women in jazz: in singing, in composition and arrangement, in the use of various instruments and musical styles. It was born in March 2005 to fall in the period in which … Continue reading Lucca Jazz Donna – Female Jazz Festival
The Tango Querido association returns Every Thursday for 17 years. And it will be in the beautiful Piazza San Frediano to host the Free Milonga In front of the Caffe Zita. A corner of Buenos Aires is recreated where the tango expresses itself in all its essence And "la Strada" returns to its origins. Where … Continue reading Argentine Tango Social Dance – Note new location
TURANDOT 12 and 20 August Turandot surrenders to Love! Puccini’s unfinished opera, the work with which he delves deeply into the human soul, remained unfinished because the Maestro hesitated for so long over how to render the transformation of the Princess of Frost who, from her natural predisposition towards death, finally opens up to life … Continue reading Puccini Festival – Turandot
The program includes eight concerts, every Friday evening at 9.15 pm, from July 1st to August 19th inclusive . The public will have to pay for access to the botanical garden, … Continue reading Concert in the Botanical Garden
August 12th, Villa Bottini - ELVIS From his rise to fame to his unprecedented superstardom, rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley maintains a complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker, over the course of 20 years. Central to Presley's journey and happiness is one of the most influential people in his life -- … Continue reading Open Air Summer Movie Festival – Elvis (Original version with subtitles)
