Love, passion and death set to the music of two operatic masterpieces, in the square of San Gimignano's towers, for the 77th "Summer San Gimignano" opera season.
Piazza Duomo, 21.15
Tosca and La Traviata under the towers
On Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 July, Piazza Duomo hosts the 77th summer opera season by the Iko Iko International Orchestra and Chorus, part of "San Gimignano Summer."
The calendar opens Wednesday 27 July with La Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, an intense three-act opera drawn from a play by Victorien Sardou. Thursday 28 July brings La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, also an opera in three acts, taken from the famous "La Dame aux Camélias" by Alexander Dumas. Both start at 21.15 in Piazza Duomo.
The opera season is part of the full "Summer San Gimignano" calendar, promoted by the municipality of San Gimignano and its territory, running until September 11 with shows, music, dance and theatre for citizens and tourists.
