The Puccini Museum – Birthplace is located in the second floor apartment of an ancient building in the heart of the city of Lucca, where Giacomo Puccini was born on 22nd December 1858. In this house the composer lived the years of childhood and early youth, the years of familiarization with music and the first systematic studies, before moving to Milan, where in 1884 he began that opera career that made him one of the composers best known and most loved in history. The Museum houses original furnishings, precious objects that belonged to the musician, including the Steinway & Sons piano on which he composed Turandot, autograph scores of youth compositions (the first work, the Orchestra Prelude re-emerged in 1999, the 4-part Mass of 1880 ) many letters from and to Puccini (notable those of Giulio Ricordi), paintings, photographs, sketches, memorabilia, and precious documents attesting to the composer's work, such as the drafts of the librettos by Tosca and Fanciulla del West, full of handwritten notes and sketches music. Among the gifts, the Turandot costume stands out, made according to the sketch by Umberto Brunelleschi and worn by Maria Jeritza for the first performance at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1926.
General informations
Museum on the second floor of a restricted residence; access for people with motor disabilities allowed by an approved stairlift (wheelchair available); two rooms not accessible to people with motor disabilities. At the Bookshop / Ticket Office room equipped for educational activities.
Educational services
Guided tours
Users: schools, associations, groups, tourists (groups minimum 10 maximum 25 people per visit)
Activities are subject to charge, by reservation.
Teaching activity
For primary school:
Shadow Theater: La bohème
Miniature work
From the walls to the museum (I introduce you Giacomo Puccini)
For first level secondary school:
From the walls to the museum (I introduce you Giacomo Puccini)
For first and second level secondary school:
Didactic workshop path in collaboration with the Cerratelli Foundation
For second level secondary school:
Didactic literary, musical, narrative and theatrical path
For families:
Miniature work
Place of development:
Puccini Foundation, Casermetta S. Colombano – Urban walls; didactic room at Bookshop / Ticket Office Puccini Museum – Birthplace, piazza Cittadella 5th.
All itineraries will end with a special visit to the Puccini Museum – Birthplace, Corte S. Lorenzo 9th.
Activities are subject to charge, by reservation.
Contacts
Bookshop / Ticket Office – Museum tel 0583 584028
Giacomo Puccini Foundation tel 0583 469225 fax 0583 471105
e-mail info@puccinimuseum.it
info@fondazionegiacomopuccini.it
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