Busseto

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Busseto-Stemma.gif
official_name = Comune di Busseto
region = Emilia-Romagna
province = Parma (PR)
elevation_m =
area_total_km2 = 76
population_as_of = December 31, 2004
population_total = 6890
population_density_km2 =90
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|44|59|N|10|03|E|type:city(6890)
frazioni = Contrada della Chiesa, Frescarolo, Madonna Prati, Le Roncole, Samboseto, San Rocco, Sant'Andrea, Semoriva, Spigarolo
telephone = 0524
postalcode = 43011
gentilic = Bussetani
saint =
day =
mayor = Luca Laurini
website = [http://www.comune.busseto.pr.it www.comune.busseto.pr.it]

Busseto is a commune in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy. It became home of the opera composer Giuseppe Verdi when he moved there in 1824.

Main sites

In the town and the local area many sites associated with the life of Verdi can be visited. These include:
* Le Roncole, Verdi's birthplace.
* Casa Barezzi, home of the man who supported his early endeavours and where he gave his first public appearance in 1830.
* Churches of Santa Maria degli Angeli and San Michele Arcangelo, where Verdi played the organ. Both are nearby.
* Palazzo Orlandi, which Verdi bought in 1845. He lived there with Giuseppina Strepponi, not yet his wife, from 1849 to 1851. Verdi composed "Luisa Miller", "Stiffelio" and "Rigoletto" while living there.
* Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, a small 300-seat theatre built by the municipality with Verdi's support, but not with his approval.
*In the nearby village of Sant'Agata, in the province of Villanova sull'Arda, is the Villa Verdi, the house which he commissioned in 1848 while living in Busseto and where his parents lived until 1851, after which it became Verdi's home for the rest of his life. However, he lived there less frequently after the death of his wife, Giuseppina, in 1897.

Sister cities

* Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

References

*Associazione Amici di Verdi (ed.), "Con Verdi nella sua terra", Busseto, 1997, (in English)
*Associazione Amici di Verdi, "Con Verdi in Casa Barezzi", Busseto, date unknown, (In English, French, and German)
*Mordacci, Alessandra, "An Itinerary of the History and Art in the Places of Verdi", Busseto: Busseto Tourist Office, 2001 (in English)

External links

* [http://www.bussetolive.com/busseto/index.asp Busseto Tourist Office website]
* [http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/Inglese/page.asp?IDCategoria=165&IDSezione=730&ID=19871 Verdi site with photos of Busseto locations, in English]
* [http://www.amicidiverdi.it Amici di Verdi website]