Travel tips for opera lovers – Saronno and Giuditta Pasta

Giuditta Pasta in Saronno

The series about historical places of opera art & culture. Get to know exciting excursion and travel ideas for opera lovers. This time: Giuditta Pasta in Saronno.

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Giuditta Pasta in Saronno

In 1797 in Saronno, a person was born who would become the leading opera singer in Europe for over a decade. Giuditta Pasta turned out to be a singer with a considerable range and performing qualities.

Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti entrusted her with their most important roles and she appeared as a star in Naples, Milan, Vienna, Paris and London. Her career peak was the two formidable years 1830-32 when she triumphantly premiered the roles of Anna Bolena, Norma and Armina (“La Sonnambula”). Pasta lived her first eleven years in Saronno and then went to Milan to study music.

Destination Museo Giuditta Pasta (Collezione Giorgio Cavallari)

The city of Saronno already honored her by naming its theater after the singer and, since 2019, with a museum made possible by a donation from a collector.  The museum in Villa Gianetti shows in five rooms a collection with a total of 667 objects, paintings, lithographs, stage decorations, furniture, scores and letters that belonged to the singer and her relatives.

Glance into the museum:

Adress: Via Roma, 20, 21047 Saronno (no Website available)