Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini reached Torre del Lago in 1891. After to have lived for some years in rent houses, it made to construct puts into effect it them villa in 1899. To Torre del Lago II Master composed great part of its works: Manon Lescaut (1893), Bohéme (1896), Madama Butterfly (1904), the child of West (1910), rondine (1917) and Trittico (1918).

The house, today museum, is goal of pilgrimages from all the world. The tourist-passionate can visit atmospheres very conserved that they testify the noble style of life of a genius that preferred quiet the living to the luxury.
Is possible to visit the study with the piano and portraits of the composer in several ages of its life and the coming from funeral mask from Brussels where the musician extinguished itself, the room of the hunting with its the venatorial guns and trophies, veranda with the pictures of the friends the painters macchiaioli, similar of life and hunting during stays to Tower of the Lago.
In the Museum it is possible to almost find again the atmosphere in which Giacomo Puccini lived, in the remained rooms intact and to savour in full load this only place therefore, where the Master found the inspiration for its unmortal melodies.

A delicious garden receives the visitor: in the limited dimensions of the green space that it encircles the villa coexists "atmospheres" various vegetables, nearly first drafts of bowers, orchards, mazes, small wood of bamboo with admirable chosen of the varieties, all perfectly in harmony to the intimate and kind taste, a po' decadent, of the late 1800's.

Fondazione Festival Pucciniano
Piazzale Belvedere Puccini, 4
55048 Torre del Lago Puccini (LU)
tel. (+39) 0584 350567
fax (+39) 0584 341657
e-mail: affarigenerali@puccinifestival.it
WEB: www.puccinifestival.it