Antonio Barezzi, a wealthy merchant and a great music lover, glimpsed Giuseppe Verdi’s aptitude for music early on and asked him to his home as a music teacher for his daughter, Margherita.
The first public appearance by the brilliant youth, in February of 1830, was in the salon, now called “Salone Barezzi” (Barezzi Salon), previously a seat of the Busseto Philharmonic Society founded by Barezzi and Maestro Ferdinando Provesi in 1816. In the months leading up to his move to Milan (1832), where he was to complete his study of music privately under Maestro Lavigna, and after the disappointment of being rejected for admission to the prestigious Milan Conservatory, Verdi lived in the Barezzi home where little by little his friendship with Margherita ripened into love.
His studies were financially supported not only by his father and a scholarship from the Monte di Pietà of Busseto (Pawnshop), but by Barezzi as well. Giuseppe Verdi was infinitely grateful to Barezzi as is shown in his numerous writings. The Salon where concerts and conferences are held, appears to us today as it did in the late 1800s after restoration work carried out in 1979 and 1998 by the “Amici di Verdi” (Friends of Verdi) Association, which has its headquarters there.
Here everything is redolent of the composer: the piano (which Maestro Riccardo Muti, an honorary citizen of Busseto, did not want to play out of respect for the sanctity of the relic), the portrait of Antonio Barezzi and the charcoal drawing of the young Verdi (most certainly the earliest image we have of him), autographed letters including the dedication of the opera Macbeth to his father in-law (1847) and some patriotic appeals (1859).
A marble and bronze plaque on the front of the house commemorates Antonio Barezzi with the words dictated by Arrigo Boito in 1913.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday
Closed on Mondays
Guided tour times Morning tours (Tuesday to Sunday): 10:00 – 11:00 – 12:00 Afternoon tours (Tuesday to Friday): 15:00 Afternoon tours (Saturday and Sunday): 14:30 – 15:30 – 16:30
SPECIAL OPENINGS 2026
Monday – 01/06/26
Monday – 07/12/26
Monday – 28/12/26
Since it is private property, times may be subject to change, it is advisable to always call in advance.
Single Ticket
Full price € 8,00 Reduced “A” € 6,00 (Ages 6-18 • Groups of 15 or more paying participants • Families: 2 adults + at least 2 children (6-18 years) • TCI members • Journalists with valid press card • Carers accompanying persons with certified disability ≥ 67%) Reduced “B” € 3,00 (for schools in cultural trip – free for accompanying teachers)
Combined ticket G. Verdi’s Birthplace + Verdi Theatre + Casa Barezzi Museum + Renata Tebaldi Museum
Full price € 22,00 Reduced “A” € 19,00 (Ages 6-18 • Groups of 15 or more paying participants • Families: 2 adults + at least 2 children (6-18 years) • TCI members • Journalists with valid press card • Carers accompanying persons with certified disability ≥ 67%) Reduced “B” € 10,00 (for schools in cultural trip – free for accompanying teachers)
Combined ticket Verdi Theatre + Casa Barezzi Museum + Renata Tebaldi Museum
Full price € 15,00 Reduced “A” € 13,00 (Ages 6-18 • Groups of 15 or more paying participants • Families: 2 adults + at least 2 children (6-18 years) • TCI members • Journalists with valid press card • Carers accompanying persons with certified disability ≥ 67%) Reduced “B” € 8,50 (for schools in cultural trip – free for accompanying teachers)
Combined ticket G. Verdi’s Birthplace + Verdi Theatre + Casa Barezzi Museum
Free admission for:
Children up to 5 years old • Disabled persons with certified disability of 67% or higher • Licensed tourist guides when carrying out their professional activity inside the museums • 1 accompanying person for groups of 15 paying participants and above
Combined tickets can be purchased in Giuseppe Verdi’s Birthplace and at the G.Verdi Theatre
FOR BOOKED GROUPS
in case of no show and/or cancellation on the same day of the visit the cancellation penalty is equal to 100% of the amount; in case of cancellation within 24 hours before the visit, the penalty is equal to 30% of the total amount.
The extraordinary opening of the museum outside of opening hours on the days FROM TUESDAY TO SUNDAY involves a supplement of €60.00 to the cost of entrance tickets.
The extraordinary opening of the museum on MONDAYS includes a supplement of €100.00 to the cost of entrance tickets.
Via Roma 119 – Busseto(PR) Tel. e fax. 0524/931117 info@museocasabarezzi.it
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