From 11 July to 5 September 2026, the splendid setting of the Grand Open Air Theatre of Torre del Lago Puccini on the shores of Lake Massaciuccoli will host the Puccini Festival, one of the most important classical music events in Italy.
The Puccini Festival this year reaches its seventy-second edition. A special edition celebrating the 100th anniversary of Turandot with a new, unique production on the stage of the Puccini Theater.
The Artistic Director of the 2026 programme traces the artistic parabola of Giacomo Puccini with five of the most famous titles of Puccini’s operas.
Torre del Lago Viareggio Puccini Festival Program
Below is the schedule of the 72nd Puccini Festival broken down by the five operas that will be staged:
Turandot
- Friday 17 July,
- Friday 24 July,
- Saturday 1 August,
- Sunday 9 August.
La fanciulla del West
- Saturday 29 August,
- Saturday 5 September.
La Bohème
- Saturday 25 July,
- Thursday 6 August,
- Friday 28 August.
Tosca
- Saturday 18 July,
- Friday 31 July,
- Saturday 8 August,
- Friday 21 August.
Madama Butterfly
- Friday 7 August,
- Saturday 22 August,
- Friday 4 September.
The theater’s summer schedule also includes two other must-see events:
Rota e Morricone, Cinema in Musica
- Saturday 11 Luglio
Jonas Kaufmann, Gala Lirico – Omaggio a Puccini
- Wednesday 22 luglio
Eleonora Abbagnato, Spettacolo di Danza – Puccini
- Monday 27 Luglio
Plácido Domingo, Gran Gala – Zarzuela, melodie spagnole e napoletane
- Sunday 30 August
All events begin at 9:15 p.m.
Pietrasanta and the Palazzo Guiscardo Hotel are just under a thirty-minute drive from the Torre del Lago Puccini Theater. After attending one of Maestro Puccini’s Operas, choose Hotel Palazzo Guiscardo Pietrasanta to relax and enjoy the beauty of the Little Athens of Tuscany and the beaches of Versilia.
