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At the Table of Rossini,
Verdi and Puccini
We know all about the very different masterpieces of these great musicians;
they give and will continue to give joy to the world forever, but we know
very little about their food preferences. Rossini was also a great chef,
Verdi a gourmand and Puccini a great lover of simple Tuscan cuisine. They
where obviously very different also in their taste!
“I was born in a family of musicians and passionate opera singers,
music was much more then the background of my youth, but I discovered the
eating habits of the great masters only when I visited their home places and
talked to their historians. Did you know that in Parma there is a club of
men each specializing in one opera of Giuseppe Verdi? From Paris, Puccini
was asking his mother, ‘some olive oil and white kidney beans!’ Rossini
conquered Paris with his incredible dinners, the great music…”
Paolo met with experts and filmed and recorded his visits to make this
lecture more interesting and vivacious!
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| Turandot dress
rehearsal. Torre del Lago Puccini, Italy |
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| Teatro Regio di
Parma, Italy |
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