Festival Puccini produced the first performances of a Puccini opera on the lake shore, in front of the Maestro's house. In a provisional theatre, the "Carro di Tespi Lirico" with its stage built on piles stuck in the lake, a travelling opera company performed "La bohème" directed by Forzano and conducted by Mascagni. The same company came back in 1931 when Beniamino Gigli and Adelaide Saraceni performed in "La bohème", while Rosetta Pampanini and Angelo Michetti performed "Madama Butterfly". This was the beginning of what was to become a major opera festival. However, in the years before 1949, due to the political
Miss Saigon musical fellowship brought in a Bell Helicopter for the show. According to the "Miss Saigon" Official Site, "Miss Saigon" has been performed by twenty-seven companies in twenty-five countries and 246 cities, and it has been translated into twelve different languages. Arlington Virginia's Signature Theatre 2013's production was the US debut with the inclusion of the new song 'Maybe' (which replaced the prior song 'Now That I've Seen Her) which would be integrated into the West End's 2014 revival. After the London production closed in 1999 and also following the closure of the Broadway production in 2001, the show in its