Entrance hall

Permanent event at the Puccini Museum in Lucca, Italy

11 September 2017

Entrance hall. Courtesy of Puccini Museum

The bronze head mounted on marble, a copy of the model for the statue of Giacomo Puccini, the work of Vito Tongiani, in Piazza Cittadella, connects the exterior with the interior of the house and introduces the visit.

The decoration of the walls, in tempera, with neoclassical architectural motifs, made by craftsmen from Lucca in the second decade of the 19th century, takes us back to the time when the Puccini family came to live in this house (1815), marking it as the home of a wealthy family.

Puccini Museum

The museum preserves original furnishings, precious objects belonging to the musician, including autograph scores of young compositions (the first work, the Orchestral Prelude found in 1999, and the 4 voices Mass of 1880), many letters by and Giacomo Puccini ( like those by Giulio Ricordi), paintings, photographs, sketches, memorabilia and precious documents, such as copies of work and drafts of the libraries of Tosca and La fanciulla del West, a rare draft of the score of La fanciulla del West, a score de La rondine, full of autograph annotations and musical sketches.

Museum profile

Location

Lucca, Italy