The operabarga festival celebrated its 40th year with an exhibition of photographs, leaflets and posters dating back over all of the 40 years of opera production. Included in the exhibition were original stage and costume designs by Gillian Hunt, the originator of the festival together with her husband Peter. The exhibition was presented by the Istituto Storico Lucchese and opened at the Teatro dei Differenti with the tape being cut by the grandson of Gillian and Peter.