Not far from Parma, between Bologna and Milan, Busseto is a small town that has many associations with Verdi.
He was born in the nearby village of Le Roncole in 1813 and he moved to the town in 1824.
The Rocca dei Marchesi Pallavicino on the Piazza Giuseppe Verdi in Busseto.
From the 13th century, the “rocca” or “fortress” was the family’s palace; it is now the city hall after being acquired by the municipality in 1856.
Teatro Giuseppe Verdi (the Giuseppe Verdi Theatre) is a small opera house located in a wing of the former fortress.
In 1913, Arturo Toscanini conducted a performance of Falstaff in celebration of the centenary of Verdi’s birth
and to raise funds for what is now a large monument of the seated composer located in the piazza.
