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Verdi contributed money towards the construction of this tiny opera theatre which, although he had his own private box, he never set foot in despite living only two miles away.īook it: From £280 pp based on two people taking a tour with private car and driver provided ( ). He would occasionally slip out of his home for a cup of Fortana wine, however, and you can visit the cafe Salsamenteria Storica e Verdiana Baratta where Verdi took a lunchtime tipple, before taking a tour of Teatro Verdi. 'I have been, I am and always will be a villager from the Roncole', he once wrote and this tour begins in the village itself (half an hour's drive away from Parma) which, when Verdi was born in 1813, was actually part of the French Empire.įrom here the tour heads to Busseto, where Verdi studied music, and a museum exploring his life and rise to becoming a prominent landowner as a way to protect his intensely private and reclusive personality.
You only need a day for this food and opera double-header, which explores the cuisine and compositions of Giuseppe Verdi, a man who for all but eight of his 88 years lived in this small corner of Italy's Emilia-Romagna region. The village features on Parma Food Tours' travel itinerary, which revolves around food and opera Next tour begins June 6, 2023.Ī view of the castle in the Italian village of Busseto, where Verdi studied music. Sailing through the ancient region of Bohemia, the cruise docks in Melnik for some wine tastings in what is one of the most northerly wine regions in mainland Europe as well as taking in the Antonín Dvorák Museum ( ), which contains his viola, his piano and a vast collection of his sheet music scores and letters.īook it: Vitava River Cruise from £2,995 pp, including meals and return flights ( .uk). It probably wouldn't have pleased the humble and deeply religious Czech Romantic composer Antonin Dvorak that these days he is best known for the music that accompanied the Hovis advert, directed by Ridley Scott, which features Largo from his symphony From The New World played by a brass band.īut this seven-day river cruise might have raised his spirits - it includes an on board piano recital and a visit to the Prague Opera for a performance. Pay a visit to the cultural centre on Ace Cultural Tours' seven-day river cruise The Antonin Dvorak Museum in Prague contains Dvorak's viola, his piano and a vast collection of his sheet music scores and letters. Accommodation, meals and flights not included ( ). As Chopin wrote in a letter home: 'All of this does not surpass the gingerbread, oh that gingerbread, a piece of which I've sent to Warsaw.'īook it: From £1,033 pp based on four people travelling. There are few parts of Poland he didn't perform in or visit and, as well as a piano concert in Warsaw's Royal Castle, the tour takes in the manor house where Chopin was born, in the village of Zelazowa Wola, and the spa town of Duszniki Zdroj, where he went with his sister Emilia for treatments.įinally, there's the ancient town of Torun where you can sample the pianist's all-time favourite food. This is a journey in the Romantic composer's rather itchy feet. StayPoland's 12-day tour of Poland stops off at Frederic Chopin's birthplace (above) in the village of Zelazowa WolaĬriss-crossing Poland, this 12-day tour is just about as comprehensive a trip as you can get into the life and works of Frederic Chopin.
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