Puccini in Vacallo
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Puccini in Vacallo
The small Ticino village of Vacallo, near Chiasso, had the honor of hosting two greats of opera music in 1892. Puccini went to the summer resort of this village several times between 1886 and 1892 and rented a house. A stone’s throw away, Ruggiero Leoncavallo was at work in the hotel of today’s “Osteria del Teatro”. Both hung posters out of the window as a sign of their presence, Leoncavallo a clown as a sign of “Pagliacci” just premiered by Toscanini and Puccini a fist as a sign of Manon (Fist = “Manone” in Italian), as he was at work on “Manon Lescaut“, Leoncavallo even wrote a few verses for his colleague.
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Both houses still stand today, a plaque commemorates Puccini’s visits to the summer house at Via Giacomo Puccini 2, and in his honor Leoncavallo’s hotel at the time is called Osteria al Teatro Puccini.
Puccini’s house in Vacallo:
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