Opera Theater of Lucca

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The Opera Theater of Lucca is an opera and music school and summer music festival in Lucca, Italy. Founded in 1996 by the late American opera singer and voice teacher Lorenzo Malfatti and British opera director Malcolm Fraser, it is jointly sponsored by the City of Lucca and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Opera performances and recitals take place in the cloisters, churches, piazzas in and around Lucca as well as in the city's Teatro del Giglio.

[edit] References

• Annasue McCleave Wilson, Puccini's Stage: All of Lucca, New York Times, March 15, 1998
• Bernard Holland, Intimacy, if Not Fire, in Tuscany, New York Times, October 13, 1999
• Bernard Holland, Struggling To Make Do Off the Dole, New York Times, October 10, 1999
• Janelle Gelfand, CCM opera chief ends 'adventurous journey' , The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 22, 2002.

[edit] External link

• The Opera Theater of Lucca Official site