Traditional music on Tuscany villa holidays

As the oldest music festival in Italy, the event runs between April 26th and July 1st and features a wide-ranging programme of events to suit a variety of tastes, reports events guide What's On When.

Highlights of the 2008 timetable include opera, with Jeanne d'Arc au Bucher and Carmen, both of which are conducted by Zubin Mehta.

Ballet fans on Tuscany villa holidays should also find their taste buds awakened with a diverse programme of shows including MaggioDanza's The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood and Tokyo Ballet's Hommage a Maurice.

Giovanni Testori's Erodias is another high-point, while Riccardo Muti conducting the Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is another memorable event.

Lonely Planet notes that Florence is among Italy's most "atmospheric and pleasant" cities and exerts an "overwhelming" sense of culture and history.

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