The Puccini Opera Festival

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Tour overview

Tour departures: 29 Jul 10, 19 Aug 10
Prices from £1698 per person, 5 nights

Anyone who loves Puccini should make the journey to his beloved Torre del Lago, a beautiful and peaceful place not far from Lucca where the composer was born in 1858. What better time for a visit than in July when the annual Puccini Festival takes place, with performances of a selection of his operas being performed on the lakeside stage close to the very spot where Puccini lived and composed for more than thirty years.

The Puccini Opera Festival
The Puccini Opera Festival

Choose between two holidays, both based at the comfortable 4 star Hotel Celide just a few minutes walk to the city walls that still encircle Lucca. Dinner on opera evenings will be taken at the restaurant at Torre del Lago leaving you free to try some of Luccas fine restaurants on other evenings. During the tour there will be a walking tour of Lucca with visits to the church where Puccini was baptized and full day excursions to two great Tuscan gardens close to Lucca the Villa Garzoni with its dazzling water cascades and the Villa Reale at Marlia. The tour will be led by Andrew Biggs who studied music and art history at Leeds University; he has been leading music tours to Italy for the last 15 years.

THE OPERA PERFORMANCES

29 July departure:

Tosca (30 July), Turandot (31 July) & Madama Butterfly (1 August).

19 August departure:

Turandot (20 August), Tosca (21 August) & Madama Butterfly (22 August).

  

What We Include

  • Return scheduled flights from Heathrow to Pisa
  • 5 nights' accommodation with breakfast at the 4 star Hotel Celide
  • Three pre-opera dinners in Torre del Lago
  • Second category tickets for each performance
  • All excursions as detailed above
  • Kirker’s opera synopses
  • The services of a Andrew Biggs, our tour lecturer

Prices

Our prices are per person, based on the shared occupancy of a twin/double room, supplements for single occupancy rooms are as shown. Insurance is not included.

Flights Details

Flights with British Airways
Depart Heathrow at 09.30 arrive Pisa at 12.45.
Depart Pisa at 13.35 arrive Heathrow at 14.45.
Supplement for British Airways Club Europe available on request.
Regional departures with alternative airlines also available, details on request.

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