The Giacomo Puccini Choir was born from an initiative of Maestro Marco Trasatti who in 1998 founded the Coro Sperimentale Versiliese, an amateur formation made up of non-professional singers united by a passion for music. The following year, with the approval of Mrs. Simonetta Puccini, granddaughter of the great maestro, he took the name of 'Corale Giacomo Puccini' and undertook an initiative of introductory courses in choral singing and music theory.
The Giacomo Puccini Choir aims, among other things, to study and perform the music of Giacomo Puccini, with particular attention to pieces from operas less represented in the world of melodrama, and the promotion of activities aimed at enhancing and re-evaluating events related to the history of our territory, also with the use of different artistic languages such as videos, dancing, acting. The choir is directed by conductor maestro Marco Trasatti, who has a degree in Composition, Choral Music and Choral Conducting. In addition to excerpts from operas by Puccini, Mascagni, Rossini, Doninzetti, Bellini and Gounod, the repertoire of the Giacomo Puccini Choir includes pieces of sacred music composed by Vivaldi, Mozart, Arcadelt, Frank and some compositions by Maestro Trasatti. The Choir has studied the ancient chants of the Dead Jesus transcribed and printed by Maestro Trasatti. He also studied the first carnival songs, some of which were arranged and printed by maestro Trasatti. During the Christmas holidays, every year the Giacomo Puccini Choir offers, in addition to the usual repertoire, a rich concert season of traditional Italian and European Christmas carols.