Saturday, May 2, 5:00 PM Opera Dialogues With Maria Novella Malfatti (soprano), Vladimir Reutov (tenor), and Petr Yanchuk (piano)

• Saturday, May 16, 5:00 PM Sound Reflections With Maria Bruno (soprano), David Emanuel Licau (harp), Arion Daçi (cello), and Petr Yanchuk (piano) Free admission

Music has always played a central role in its history: among its visitors we remember great composers such as Giacomo Puccini, Alfredo Catalani and Pietro Mascagni. There were also important figures in Italian literature, including Giosuè Carducci, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Giovanni Pascoli and Enrico Pea. Caffè Di Simo has thus established itself as a privileged place of comparison for the best minds of the time.

The restaurant has hosted musicians such as Chet Baker, the I 4 quartet in Lucca and numerous artists and enthusiasts from Lucca, including Rudy Rabassini, Paolo Benvenuti, Enrico Tadini, Franco Matteoli, Mauro Molteni and Giangi Zucchini, who have always been visitors and lovers of the genre.