6 Concerts in Lucca Worth Booking

1.Lucca: Puccini Festival Opera Recitals and Concerts

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,278 reviews · 1 hour · from $35Our pick

Spend one hour hearing two professional singers, usually a soprano and tenor, with a pianist in Lucca’s Church of San Giovanni. Choose themed programs such as Puccini’s Women or Puccini and Verdi. From December through April, concerts move to the nearby Oratorio di San Giuseppe.

“The venue is beautiful- the singers were wonderful, the pianist was exceptional . Access for disability was great.”

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2.Enjoyable music tour of the historical city of Lucca

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 37 reviews · 2 hours to 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $35Top rated

Walk through Lucca’s music story with an English and Italian-speaking guide, visiting Teatro del Giglio and Puccini’s birthplace museum. Along the way, hear clips linked to Puccini, Paganini, Catalani, and others while exploring churches, piazzas, concert sites, and medieval streets.

“Ho scoperto che a Lucca ci sono stati diversi grandi musicisti, oltre a Puccini ovviamente! Il tour è stato molto piacevole e ha messo in evidenza aspetti musicali che altrimenti sarebbero rimasti sconosciuti. Vivamente consigliato sopratutto a chi conosce poco la musica.”

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3.Lucca: Musical Walking Tour with Puccini Museum Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 21 reviews · from $34Best value

Follow Lucca’s musical story from Teatro del Giglio to Puccini’s birthplace, with classical excerpts, concert tales, and stops linked to Boccherini, Paganini, Bowie, Elton John, and The Rolling Stones. English and Italian guides lead this two-hour walk. Museum entry costs €5 extra.

“This was a very interesting tour. The guide was very knowledgeable and passionate about the subject”

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4.Gelato Class – Cremeria Opera

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 8 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $84

At Cremeria Opera in Lucca, Giulia or Mirko leads a one-hour English class on gelato history, ingredients, and technique. You will taste the shop’s flavors, help produce one batch, compare authentic and imitation homemade gelato, and receive a diploma.

“Great experience! Being taken into the real Gelato production of Italy. We organized for our daughters 9 birthday and she been given option to help the owner with some small handling 😉 Great tasting, explaining and doing”

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5.Private Concert in the Artist’s House on the Hills of Lucca

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $82

At La Sala della Musica, hosts Elisa Racioppi and Augusto Vismara welcome you to an eighteenth-century farmhouse in the Lucca hills. Enjoy a tasting of local wines and small bites, then hear violin and piano in a private music room. The 90-minute English-language experience begins at 5:30 pm.

“Last week we booked a last minute concert in “La sala della musica” in Lucca Italy.”

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6.RomanticOpera concert in the artist’s house on the hills and wine tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $105

Meet musicians Elisa and Augusto at their 18th-century home in the Lucca hills. Taste local wine, cheeses, and Tuscan snacks in the garden, then hear violin and piano in the Music Room, with Romantic works, opera fantasies, and pieces linked to wine.

“The performance was very good and impressive. The pieces they chose were lovely!”

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