A cooperation agreement between the Puccini Festival di Torre del Lago and the National Theatre in Belgrade was signed today at the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade.
The two musical institutions are planning important initiatives of artistic and cultural exchange, including an edition of the prestigious Torre del Lago Festival in Belgrade. The President of the Fondazione Festival Pucciniano, Maestro Alberto Veronesi, and the Superintendent of the National Theater in Belgrade, Maestro Dejan Savić, expressed their satisfaction with this important agreement that offers concrete opportunities for collaboration in the field of opera, and in particular in the field of Giacomo Puccini’s operas, the 20th century most performed composer in the world. The director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Belgrade, Davide Scalmani, complimented the result that has been achieved, which confirms the centrality of Italian music in Belgrade and the potential for cooperation with the major Serbian cultural institutions.