Opera legend's widow to help deliver $30M performing arts center to Naples

One of the world's most premier opera names plans to bring a $30 million multipurpose state-of-the art theater to Naples.

The project, a partnership with the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation, is dubbed The Theater in the Garden of Naples. It's designed to honor the world-renowned tenor, while also fulfilling the long-standing need for such a multiuse facility in Naples, according to a statement. 

The proposed property will have a 900-seat indoor theater, an outdoor amphitheater in a landscaped garden setting, a Luciano Pavarotti Museum, a Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition and Luciano’s Restaurant, the foundation says. Architectural inspiration for the Theater in the Garden has been drawn from Grange Park Opera, created in a rural setting in the countryside outside London, according to a fact sheet provided by the partnership.