The Maestro comes back home – Puccini’s birth place grand opening

Giacomo Puccini’s Birth place in Lucca, in corte San Lorenzo, reopens its doors to visitors from all over the world. Grand opening 13 September 2011, 12 noon. The Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca has purchased the Birth place – which had been closed for a long time – along with its collection, entrusting the Fondazione Giacomo Puccini to manage the museum.
An important renovation of this flat, on the second floor of a building in the heart Lucca, where the composer was born on 22 December 1858 and lived his musical education years before moving to Milan, enabled the re-establishment of the original settings to create a fully refurbished museum which talks about the Maestro’s life and work through his music, documents, paintings, relics and furniture. From today onwards his Birth place opens out to visits, concerts and events to let his music and words ring out again.

A rich programme of events has been organized to celebrate the re-opening, from September 10 to 13:

10 September at  21.00, Teatro del Giglio
Michele Campanella plays the Steinway & Sons piano of  Giacomo Puccini
Admission free by booking

11 September at 21.00, Teatro del Giglio
Concerto lirico
Maria Luigia Borsi soprano
Aldo Gentileschi pianoforte
Brad Repp violino
Admission free by booking

12 September at 17.00, Casermetta San Colombano
Puccini work in progress
meeting of Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini
admission free

13 settembre, ore 11.00, Piazza Cittadella
Band concert Filarmonica “Gaetano Luporini”
Giampaolo Lazzeri direttore
admission free
                                                          

13 September at 12.00, corte San Lorenzo, 8
Inauguration Casa natale 

Visiting hours from 14 September:
from November to March: 11 am – 5 pm
from April to October: 10 am – 6 pm
During the summer evening openings. Schedule to be advised.
Closed on 25 December and on Tuesdays (except for holidays).