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The
places of Giacomo Puccini in Lucca
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Lucca
is the birthplace of the famous composer Giacomo Puccini,
the father of such immortal operas as La Boheme, Turandot,
Tosca and Madame Butterfly. Many foreign tourists who visit
the city are attracted by its association with Puccini,
whose global popularity is often greater than that it enjoys
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 Along the Via San Paolino, before getting to the magnificent
Piazza San Michele, be sure to stop and admire the white
marble Church of San Paolino and San Donato, where Puccini
played as a child. Next head towards the centre, to the
nearby Piazza Cittadella: the elegant gentleman sitting
smoking in front of you is Giacomo Puccini and a little
further on is the birthplace of the Master, today a museum
dedicated to his life and works. The address is Corte San
Lorenzo 9 and is shown on the map.
 Puccini was born in this
house in 1858 and lived here for most of his youth, before
moving to Milan in 1922. Inside you will see the rooms
occupied by the Puccini family, the small attic with views
over the rooftops and of the Archangel Michele on the nearby
church, a view which has hardly changed since Puccini’s days.
Puccini struggled to achieve success, which came late at the
age of 35. Before that he had written mostly unsuccessful
works and his personal and romantic life did not run a
smooth course. On display you will find furniture, letters,
sheet music, memorabilia, Puccini’s favourite piano and the
original dress worn by Turandot’s character in the first
showing of the work at the Metropolitan Opera House in New
York in 1926.
 Other locations associated with Puccini: the conservatory,
which today holds the l'Istituto Musicale Boccherini in
Piazza del Suffragio (at the time named the Instituto
Giovanni Pacini), the Chiesa di Santi Giovanni e Reparata
where Puccini was baptized and where his concerts are still
held today (entitled "Puccini and his Lucca"), Torre del
Lago, where the artist sought calm and relaxation in the
writing of his works (his villa can be found here, the tomb
where he was buried, and the great outdoor theatre where the
Puccini Festival takes place each summer) and Celle Puccini,
a village in Garfagnana, where a small museum shows exhibits
about the lives of his ancestors, his family and the
composer himself.
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