The annual Puccini Opera Festival
at Torre del Lago near Lucca will go ahead on June 26-August 14
this year, organisers said Friday.
Among the highlights, screen star Stefania Sandrelli will
recite Tosca on July 13-14, and writer Stefano Massini will
recount Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Gianni Schicchi, accompanied
by the festival orchestra, on July 11.
The guest of honour will be tenor Antonio Pappano with the
Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, in concert on 28 July.
The festival will take place at venues at Viareggio and Torre
del Lago, in the lakeside Gran Teatro, the Cittadella del
Carnevale, Villa Paolina, and a number of local churches.
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