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Rent a Villa in Tuscany - EXHIBITIONS during this month of February 2012

LUCCA

CHURCH OF SAN CRISTOFORO Via Fillungo. Associazione San Cristoforo
Chagall's Spiritual Universo Paintings (1957- 1982) on loan from SEM-ART Gallery (Mo- naco), also illustrations for a Bible published in 1930. Project designed and curated by Lalla’s Join di Stefania Trolli. On display until mid-March, 10am to 7.30pm, closed Monday mornings. Info. 0583 957660, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

PALAZZO GUINIGI
M.U.S.T. (Memoria Urbana Società e Territorio) Museum of Lucca.
2 Feb., 9-11pm, Notte Bianca, the last chance to see Lucca Hangzhou, La Via della Seta. See page 11. Lucca was once the European capital of the silk route. Also at M.U.S.T. is a perma- nent exhibit dedicated to Lucca's history, and The way we were, times and faces of Lucca at the end of the Millenium, photographic ex- hibit from the Arnaldo Fazzi archives, part of the 150th Italian Unification celebrations.

CASERMETTA Baluardo di San Colombano.

Lucca and the Walls: Risorgimento Itinerary.

Thursday to Sundays 11 to 7pm. 0583 583086, http://percorsi-risorgimentali.comune.lucca.it

PUCCINI MUSEUM Corte San Lorenzo 8. Puccini’s birthplace. See article in September Grapevine, on-line. Open Nov. to March 11am to 5pm. Closed Tuesday. €7. www.fondazione giacomopuccini.it

PALAZZO MANSI MUSEUM Via Galli Tassi 43. Until 17 March, free entrance and guided visits on Thursday afternoons (3.30 and 5.30) and Saturday mornings (9.30 and 11.30).

MONTECARLO
Roberto Pasquinelli Art Studio, Via Roma 19. Permanent exhibition, paintings inspired by the surrounding countryside. Tel. 0583 22451. www.robertopasquinelli.it

VIAREGGIO

MERCURIO ART GALLERY Corso Garibaldi 1. Painter Beppe Francesconi, Riflessioni, confuse, di un sognatore (Thoughts, muddled, of a dreamer). Tuesday to Saturday 5 to 7.30pm, until 25 Feb. www.mercurioviareggio.com

PIETRASANTA

CHURCH AND CLOISTER OF SANT'AGOSTINO via Sant'Agostino 1.
Giuliano Tomaino. Il cavaliere inesistente (The Non-Existent Knight) for the project “Sculpture in the city”. Daily 4 to 7pm, closed Mondays. Until 12 Feb. Tel. 0584 795526.

DonnaScultura The event honours 4 pioneering artists who worked in Versilia but are now deceased: Rosalda Gilardi, Esther Lapointe, Maria Papa and Alicia Penalba. Among the many international artists are Maja Thomman (featured in December's Grapevine), Laura Zeigler and Jill Watson. Info: Assessorato alla Cultura, tel. 0584 795381, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

SERAVEZZA

EX-SCUDERIE GRANDUCALI Via del Palazzo. Photographer Enrico Genovesi: Femina Rea Tuesday to Saturday 3 to 7.30pm, Sunday 10.30 to 12.30 and 3 to 7.30pm, until 19 Feb. Tel. 0584 757443, www.palazzomediceo.com PALAZZO MEDICEO Via del Palazzo Mediceo. Photographer Romano Cagnoni: Memorie sovvertite. Tuesdays to Saturdays 3 to 7.30pm, Sunday 10.30 to 12.30 and 3 to 7.30pm. Tel 0584 757443, www.terremedicee.it

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Music and Theatre in Lucca during this month of February 2012

LUCCA

SAN MICHELETTO

Associazione Musicale Lucchese

5 Feb. 5pm, Piano duo Alexander Lonquich andCristinaBarbuti.12Feb.5pm,LeTenebre, Domenico Nordio (violin) and Andrea Bacchetti (piano). 19 Feb. 5pm, The Interpretation of Dreams by cellists Giovanni Sollima and Monika Leskovar. 26 Feb. 5pm, Pianists Giuseppe Bruno and Carlo Palese, per- cussionists Alberto Bosio and Daniele Lunardini. Tickets €10, €12. 0583 469960, www.associazionemusicalelucchese.it

ORATORIO DI SAN GIUSEPPE next to the Duomo. Puccini Recitals: Fridays, A Night at the Opera. Saturdays, Mozart and Puccini. Until 15 March, 7pm, €17 (under 10 and students un- der 23, €13). booking office, 340 8106042, or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , www.puccinielasualucca.com

TEATRO DEL GIGLIO Piazza del Giglio.
10-11 Feb at 9pm, 12 Feb., 4.30pm, I Masnadieri by Friedrich Schiller. 14 Feb., Blaze, the latest dance craze. 17-19 Feb., Il Borghese Gentiluomo by Molière. 25-26 Feb., Three- Penny Opera by Brecht. Tel. 0583 465351 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it www.teatrodelgiglio.it

TEATRO SAN GIROLAMO Via San Girolamo. 10 Feb. 9.45 and 2.45, 11 Feb. 9.45 and 3.30, Le avventure di Pulcino (Tom Thumb). Puppet theatre. Tel. 0583.465320, or 0583 467521 www.teatrodelgiglio.it

PORCARI

AUDITORIUM VICENZO DA MASSA CARRARA Fondazione Cavanis, Via Roma, 121.
FITA Federazione Italiana Teatro Amatori 3Feb., 9pm, Basta che sian di forà! 3-act comedyinLucchesevernacular.Tickets€7,€5 (under 14, over 65). Tel 320 6320032, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

18 February, 9pm, Sounds and Colours of Spain. Orsetta Foà (voice), Giorgio Costa (piano). The Cavanis Foundation is open Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10 to 1 and 2.30 to 6pm. Tel. 0583 211884, info@fondazione cavanis.org

MONTECARLO

TEATRO DEI RASSICURATI

National Festival of Amateur Theatre (FITA). In Italian. 11 Feb., 9.15pm, Requie a l' Anema Soja by Eduardo De Filippo. 24 Feb, 9.15 pm, 25 Feb., 10am, Grosso Guiao in Danimarca by Giovanni Guerrieri. €12, €8 €3. Tickets at 0583 229725, Monday to Friday 9 to 1.00. Teatro dei Rassicurati Tel. 0582 22517, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , www.comune.montecarlo.lu.it/teatro.htm FITA tel. 320 632 0032, www.fitalucca.it

BAGNI DI LUCCA

TEATROACCADEMICOPiazzaVarraud.
19 Feb., 9.15pm, Noche Tanguera, Tango. Tel. 0583 867715, www.prolocobagnidilucca.it

BARGA

TEATRO DEI DIFFERENTI Italian prose theatre. 2 Feb. 9.15pm, La Commedia di Orlando, a liberal adaptation of Orlando by Virginia Woolf. 25 Feb., 9.15pm, Itis Galileo by Marco Paolini. Tel. 0583 724505. Box office: Ufficio Cultura, via di Mezzo 45. Tel 0583 724791, fax 0583 723745 www.comunebarga.lu.it

CASTELNUOVO GARFAGNANA

TEATROALFIERI
Sunday 19 Feb., 9pm, La Serva padrona by Giovan Battista Pergolesi.
Tickets are on sale Saturday 18 Feb. at Castelnuovo Garfagnana Tourist Office. Tel. 0583 641007 from 9.30 to 1pm.

MONTECATINI TERME

TEATRO VERDI Viale Verdi 45.
4 Feb., Slovak National Theatre in Giselle. 15 Feb., Sogno di Una Notte di Mezza Estate. 24 Feb., Elio e le Storie Tese. 25 Feb., L'Arca di Giada, musical fantasy in 3D. tel. 0572 78903, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

www.teatroverdimontecatini.it

PISA

TEATRO VERDI VIA PALESTRO, 40.
I Concerti della Normale: 9pm. 7 Feb., Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer. 11 Feb., Three-Penny Opera by LTL Opera Studio, 28 Feb., Quartetto Bennewitz playing Haydn, Janacek, Schnittke, Beethoven. 15 March, Basel Chamber Orchestra playing Britten and Mozart. Tel. 050 509432-323-307, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , www.sns.it

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To don' t miss during your staying in Lucca on December 2011

MUSIC AND THEATRE

LUCCA

SAN MICHELETTO

Associazione Musicale Lucchese

Quartetto Terpsychordes play Haydn, Ligeti, Brahms, 15 Jan. 5pm. Soliti di Perugia play Boccherini, Mozart, Geminiani, 22 Jan. 5pm.

AUDITORIUM DEL SUFFRAGIO

AML, La meravigliosa avventura del tango singer Anna Maria Castelli, pianist Luis Bacalov, 29 Jan. 5pm. Tickets €10, €12. 0583 469960,www.associazionemusicalelucchese.it

ORATORIO DI SAN GIUSEPPE next to the Duomo. Puccini Recitals: A Night at the Opera. Puccini and Neapolitan Song. 16 Nov. to 15 March, Fridays and Saturdays 7pm, €17 (under 10 and students under 23, €13). booking office, 340 8106042, or book at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Full programme on www.puccinielasualucca.com

SAN ROMANO AUDITORIUM
Capodanno in Musica 31 Dec. 10pm, €25 (€20 for Lucca residents). Free spumante and Christmas cake. www.puccinielasualucca.com

PIAZZA DEL SUFFRAGIO AUDITORIUM

Istituto Musicale Boccherini

Intorno a Mahler with soprano Patrizia Cigna, 14 Dec. 9pm. Christmas Concert, 20 Dec. 6pm, Boccherini Orchestra directed by Gian Paolo Mazzoli. Tel 0583 464 104, www.boccherini.it

TEATRO DEL GIGLIO Piazza del Giglio.
Winter Festival: Ivano Fossati, 15 Dec. 9pm, €20, €35. South Carolina Gospel Choir, 20 Dec.

Prose theatre: Giovanna al rogo, 9-10 Dec. 9pm and 11 Dec. 4.30pm. Sogno di una notte di mezza estate, 17-18 Dec. 9pm and 18 Dec. 4.30pm. Viennese concert with M° Mazzoli and the Goldoni Foundation Orchestra, 1 Jan. 4pm, tickets €10 to €22, on sale beginning 13 Dec. 0583 465351 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it www.teatrodelgiglio.it

TEATRO SAN GIROLAMO Via San Girolamo. Prose theatre, Scene da un matrimonio, 3 Dec. 9pm. Tel. 0583.465320, or 0583 467521 (to use a credit card). www.teatrodelgiglio.it

CHIESA DELL’ARANCIO via di Tiglio.
Nova Armonia Christmas concert, 18 Dec. 4.30pm, to benefit Brazilian catadores (garbage collectors), see page 10.

UNIVERSO CULTURAL ASSOCIATION Piazza del Giglio.
Jazz Festival Miss Marple Music Investigations, with Alice Testa (voice), 17 Dec. P. Petrucciani (guitar) with A. Ayroldi, Sparate sul Jazzista, 7 Jan. Aperitif 8pm for members (€10 enroll- ment), with concert at 9.30pm (€10). 0583 493678 www.universojazzclub.com

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Rent a Villa in Tuscany - It's La Bohème Again, But...

adolfo-hohenstein-la-boheme-musica-di-puccini Something new and different will be on stage for the two recitals of November 19 and 20 at the Teatro del Giglio. An edition not to be missed, above all to witness the work of the stage de- signer Italo Grassi, who decided to update the production in terms of staging and costumes, setting it at the end of the eigh- teenth century, when Puccini actually wrote La Bohème.

Previous productions were always set in 1840.
This results in a different ambience, reflecting the atmo-

sphere of the time, in the attic paintings from French Impressionism, with their vivacious colours, and in Rodolfo and his companions, full of joie de vivre. The attic is filled with strong, bright figurative art from the late 1800's. At the opera's end, the attic reflects the situation of the moment: il- lustrative desolation for the death of Mimì and the

internal desolation of the young men.
To emphasize the circularity of the opera, it be-

gins and ends in the attic.
In the past there have been three intervals, one af-

ter each act. Now, on the other hand, the scenery has been conceived to avoid pauses between one act and another, which could break up the complex theatri- cal unity. The scene shifters come onto the stage to manually shift the elements that project the specta- tors into the atmosphere of the successive act.

Here then is another new feature: a single long in- terval between the second and third acts.

The cast is composed of very young, talented people, chosen from among eighty candidates. Rodolfo is Marco Frusoni and Mimì Jessica Nuccio. All the scenes are assembled by carpen- ters and painters in the theater laboratory located outside the Walls, whilst the costumes have been hired from the Teatro dell'Opera of Rome.

I met Italo Grassi, the stage designer, a hand- some young man with a smashing background. Let me mention his latest accomplishment. In 2010 he made the scenery for Mozart's La Betulla Liberata, which was directed by Marco Gandini for the Salzburg festival, with the conductor Riccardo Muti. Grassi also works a lot in Japan, where they

adore our music.
He explained to me how his work is accomplished. He first

makes a three-dimensional model for each act, to specify the di- mensions and volumes of the scenes so that the workers can pre- pare the staging, and then he make the models, as shown here.

La Bohème, directed by Marco Gandini and conducted by Elio Boncompagni, will tour the Theaters of Pisa, Ravenna and Livorno.
Teatro del Giglio box office tel. 0583 465320, e.mail: biglietteria @teatrodelgiglio.it

For further information see What's On page 12
For more information about Italo Grassi, www.italograssi.it

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Renting a Villa in Lucca thanks to these Exhibitions!!

REAL COLLEGE behind San Frediano Church, Piazza del Collegio 1. Il Desco Market and exposition of Lucca prod- ucts and crafts, with 100 stands, cooking displays, tastings, cultural events and local products. 4 weekends between 19 November and 11 Decem- ber. Call the APT for more information, 0583 919927 or see the Desco site, www.ildesco.eu See more details on page 24.

FONDAZIONE RAGGHIANTI San Micheletto, Via Elisa. Ritmi Visivi. Luigi Veronesi nell'astrattismo europeo (Visual rhythms. Luigi Veronesi in European abstraction) 9 October to 8 January. The Foundation contains a rich collection of pho- tography and art books. 10 am to 1 pm, 3 to 7 pm Tuesday to Saturday. Free entrance. Tel 0583 467205 www.fondazioneragghianti.it

LUCCA DIGITAL PHOTOFEST 19 November to 29 January. 7th international photographic and video - art festival, among the most prestigious in Europe. Exhibitions, workshops, lectures by famous photographers, awards in various loca- tions. Palazzo Ducale in Piazza Napoleone, Palazzo Guinigi, Chiesa dei Servi, Chiesa dell'Alba, Ex-Manifat-tura Tabacchi, Lu.C.C.A. Lucca Center of Contemporary Art.

Full programme on www.lupf.it LU.C.C.A Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Via della Fratta 36. “Revealing Papers” – Thanks to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, this exhibit shows a selection of works by some of the most impor- tant artists of the XX century: Alechinsky, Arp, Calder, De Kooning, Ernst, Fontana, Hundertwasser, Kandinsky, Kupka, Man Ray, Masson, Matta, Mondrian, Moore, Picasso, Richter, Rivera, Sironi, Tancredi, Tanguy, Tobey e Vedova. Some of these works where displayed at the Biennale di Venezia of 1948, some works are showed for the first time at this exhibit at the Lu.C.C.A Museum, 18 Sept. 2011 – 15 Jan. 2012.

Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am to 7 pm. Guided visits upon booking (for groups and schools) €50. Baby-sitting service and di- dactic laboratories upon booking. Tickets €7 whole, €5 reduced, www.luccamuseum.com (See the article in October Grapevine, on-line at www.luccagrapevine.com).

MUSEO DI VILLA GUINIGI Via Quarquonia. 8.30 am to 7.30 pm, also open on Sundays. www.lucca museinazionali.it CASERMETTA (Gatehouse) del Museo di Villa Guinigi.

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Music and Theatre in Lucca during this month of November 2011

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

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.

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