Hurst Festival - Puccini's World

Heber Opera will be taking part in the Hurst Festival with a concert celebrating "Puccini's World".

From 1893, when Puccini's Manon Lescaut was first performed (a week before Verdi's last opera, Falstaff) he came to international acclaim with La Boheme, Tosca, and Madam Butterfly - culminating in his final work, the unfinished masterpiece: Turandot. This was in 1924.

100 years on it is easy to see how he became the natural successor to Verdi. However, in succeeding The Master, it turns out he was to become the Last Master of Italian Opera - for, though much imitated, he has never been equalled, and music has travelled in very different directions since.

The Performance is at 6pm on 29 September in Hurstpierpoint Village Centre.