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Grab yourself a late deal >Opera festival comes to Florence
The Toscana Opera Festival, Tuscany's premier outdoor music event, is returning this summer.
Held across the region, it has its focus in Florence at the Boboli gardens the festival. Tickets cost from €20 to €60, and the festival will continue until August 7th.
Performances will also be held at the abbey of San Galgano in Siena, and at the Medici villa at Barberino di Mugello.
Founded in 1997 by the Italia Konzert Opera, the festival has a traditional focus, with the classical repertoire favoured. Highlights for this season include Orff's Carmina Burana and Verdi's Rigoletto, as well as jazz pianist Stefano Bollani. The New York City Ballet will also perform on July 30th.
Boboli is perhaps the most famous formal garden in Italy. Spread over five hectares and site of the Brunelleschi-designed Pitti palace, it features a neo-classical grotto by Buontalenti, a genuine ancient Egyptian obelisk and panoramic views of the city as well as a huge variety of plants and trees. No music festival has a more stunning and dramatic setting.
The full programme can be found at the festival's official website.
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