The performance of excerpts from various Puccini operas was wonderful. A soprano and a tenor sang arias from various Puccini operas; the acoustics were superb because we were in a church which was a perfect setting.
In 2004, some private philanthropists started the organisation Puccini and his Lucca and there is now a thriving Puccini scene in the town. There are over 300 concerts each year, tours all over the world, and an audio visual arm that has created web channel.
On Youtube there is PUCCINIMUSICK a collection of performances where it is possible to watch a one similar to the one we went to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ixImHLa97E
He was an important figure in the town, and today there is considerable pride in his origins being in Lucca.
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