From 18 July to 6 September 2025, 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-first edition, after last year’s unique edition celebrating the anniversary of the Maestro’s death.
The Artistic Director of the 2025 programme traces the artistic parabola of Giacomo Puccini with the five most famous titles of Puccini’s operas.
Torre del Lago Viareggio Puccini Festival Program
Below is the schedule of the 71st Puccini Festival broken down by the six operas that will be staged:
Manon Lescaut
- Sat 30 August,
- Sat 6 September.
La Bohème
- Sat 19 July,
- Sat 26 July,
- Thu 7 August.
Tosca
- Fri 18 July,
- Fri 1 August,
- Sat 9 August,
- Fri 29 August.
Turandot
- Fri 25 July,
- Sat 2 August,
- Thu 14 August,
- Fri 22 August,
- Fri 5 September.
Madama Butterfly
- Fri 8 August,
- Sat 23 August.
The theater’s summer schedule also includes two other must-see events:
Thursday 24 July
Morricone Story, La vera Anima di Ennio Morricone. Soloists who have shared the stage with Maestro for over 500 concerts will perform on stage, including conductor Marcello Rota, soprano Susanna Rigacci, Ludovico Fulci on piano, and Nello Salza on trumpet.
Wednesday 13 August
Grand Opera Gala with Soprano Anna Netrebko, Tenor Martin Muhle, Baritone Jérome Boutillier, Conductor Michelangelo Mazza.
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.
