LUCCA, THE CITY OF GIACOMO PUCCINI |
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The birthplace of Giacomo Puccini is at Nr.9 of Corte S.Lorenzo. The house in the historical city centre of Lucca Italy.
This apartment, where the Maestro was born in 1858, December, 22nd , and lived for the years of his music studies, before he moved to Milan, has been restored to create a museum reflecting the life, music and lifestyle of the Maestro.
MUSEUM OPENING HOURS
April/October: 10.00/18.00
November/March: 11.00/17.00
Closed on Tuesday ( except Festivities) and Christmas
CAFFE' DI SIMO In this coffee bar, that still has great part of its original furniture, took place, by the end of 1800, a “friendship circle”, as reminded by the memorial plate of 1958 placed by the owner Angelo Ricci and Fernando Pieri. This Caffè had among its famous guests Giovanni Pascoli, Giuseppe Giacosa, Alfredo Catalani, Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, Libero Andreotti and Lorenzo Viani. Perfect host was the owner Alfredo Caselli, generous and cultured friend of great artists.
TORRE DEL LAGO OPERA FESTIVAL “Sunny beaches, cool pinewoods forest, the lake always calm: that is, Eden”.
The deep love between Puccini and this borough, 10 km. from Lucca, lasted for 30 years.
Puccini moved there by the end of 1800, looking for a quiet and picturesque retreat where he could train his genius. Those years were characterized by a creative impulse that moved the whole Tuscan area: Florence, Livorno, Lucca, were in close touch with the most important European capitals. Ideas and people moved around easily, artists and musicians met in private houses and cafes. But to go back to the roots of inspiration, to the purest lights and atmosphere, they went back to nature.
Puccini had 2 great passions: music and hunt, and for him the Massaciuccoli lake was the perfect place to raise them both. He went there first in 1891, 33 years old, and decided to move there renting a room. Then came the successful operas Manon Lescaut (1893) and Boheme (1896), and with the money he had earned he bought the house of his life, an ancient watchtower, that he got completely restored. He also buried part of the lake shore, in order to build a street and a garden in front of the house, where the pier is, the starting point for his hunting . The house is still open to public, and tells all these stories: the piano, memories of great operas and international success, pictures of his friend the painter Ferruccio Pagni, who was part of a group of friends like Plinio Nomellini and the Tommasi Brothers. Puccini lived in Torre del Lago for 30 years, and here he composed many of his most famous operas, like Tosca (1900), Madam Butterfly ( 1904), La fanciulla del west (1910), La Rondine (1917) and Il Trittico (1918).
"Puccini and its Lucca is the only permanent festival in the world”
Recitals, selections of operas, special concerts all year long in the most attractive Basilica San Giovanni Lucca city centre always at the same time ( they all starts at 7.00 pm), with famous singers and musicians from all over the world. A great chance to know and appreciate the voice of the most famous italian man ever. Every night there is a different program, and different performers, in order to give the public the best idea of his genius, in comparison with many other italian musicians. All this takes place in his town, and in a church that was so significant many times of his life.
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