LUCCA SAN GIOVANNI CHURCH Piazza S. Giovanni, until 15 November, after which the concerts will be held only on Fridays and Saturdays at the Oratorio di San Giuseppe next to the Museo del Duomo, San Martino.

Puccini Recitals: A Night at the Opera. Puccini and Neapolitan Song. Every evening at 7 pm (until 15 November).

On 29 November, a special concert for the anniversary of Puccini’s death. Full programme on www.puccinielasualucca.com

PIAZZA DEL SUFFRAGIO AUDITORIUM Istituto Musicale Boccherini Inaugural orchestral concert for the academic year, 19 November 6 pm. Chamber concert with music by R. Schumann and Dvorak, 29 November 9 pm. Tel 0583 464 104, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it -www.boccherini.it

TEATRO DEL GIGLIO Piazza del Giglio. La Bohème by Puccini, 19,20 November. Sananda Maitreya (ex Terence Trent d’Arby). First event in Winter Festival! 23 November 9 pm Tel 0583 456320 www.teatrodelgiglio.com

MUSEO DEL FUMETTO E DELL'IMMAGINE Piazza San Romano 4. The museum is open 10 am to 6 pm. Closed Mondays. Tel 0583 56326, www.museoitaliano delfumetto.it Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg with Paolo Ardinghi (violin) and Leonardo Cartelloni (piano), 6 November. Poetic and musical creations by Claudio Valenti, with C. Valenti (viola) and Piero Nannini (reciting voice). 13 November. Tel. 0583.465320, or 0583 467521 (to use a credit card). www.teatrodelgiglio.it

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HOTEL UNIVERSO CULTURAL ASSOCIATION Piazza del Giglio. Festival dedicated to Michel Petrucciani and 80th anniversary of Chet Baker's birth. Jazz concert 12 November Peter King (saxophone) with Daniele Gorgone, Massimiliano Rolff, Adam Pache. Future concerts: 17 December, 7 January, 18 February, 24 March. Aperitif at 20.00 for members only (€10 enrollment), followed by concert at 21.30 (€10). tel. 0583 493678 info@universojazz club.com -www.universojazzclub.com

BAGNI DI LUCCA TeatroAccademico – Piccola Stagione. La Traviata with Simona Parra as Villetta and Paolo Morelli as Giorgio Germont. Narrrated and semistaged opera. 6 November 5 pm. Violini, principesse e … champagne, Gran Gala dell'Opera with selections from Cin Ci Là, La Duchessa del Bel Tabarin, Il Paese dei Campanelli and La Vedova Allegra. Directed by Viviana Larice. 13 November 5 pm. Madama Butterfly with Chiara Panacci and Leonardo Sgroi. Narrated and semistaged opera. 20 November 5 pm. Tel 0583 867715.

PIETRASANTA TEATRO COMUNALE Prose season. La Verità by Zeller with Massimo Dapporto 7 November. Mercadet L'Affarista by Balzac 21 November. Tel 0584 795511, www.laversi lianafestival.it

BARGA TEATRO DEI DIFFERENTI Italian prose theatre. Il Nipote di Rameau (Rameau's Nephew) by Diderot, with Neapolitan actor Silvio Orlando. A play about the intellectual's role in the modern world. 13 November 9.15 pm. Appuntamento a Londra by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa (2010 Nobel prize winner) with Pamela Villoresi and David Sabaati, 30 November 9.15 pm. www.comunebarga.lu.it Tickets €10 to €20, also season tickets. Season ends 24 March; see on page 15 “Coming Up”. Box office: Ufficio Cultura, via di Mezzo 45, Barga. Tel 0583 724791, 724770.