photography Manuela Pavesi
realization Moreno Galatà
model BIANCA BALTI at BRAVE MODELS
hair VALENTINO PERINI at ATOMO MANAGEMENT, makeup ANNA MARIA NEGRI for MAC COSMETICS at W-M MANAGEMENT
location SALA VERDI at GRAND HOTEL ET DE MILAN
The Presidential suite of the Grand Hotel et de Milan is dedicated to maestro Giuseppe Verdi. He moved into Suite 105 of the so called “Albergo di Milano,” in order to breathe the city liveliness and balance it with his relaxing and quite Sant’Angata country house. During those years the Master was working on the Otello composition. The night of its premiere he looked out his window to find a screaming crowd on the street; he was with Tamagno, the tenor, who sang parts from the opera for the public below. Milan citizens showed the same reverence and respect years later when they asked the Hotel to publicly display Verdi’s sanitary bulletin, seeking updates on his health. He died on January 27, 1901. Giuseppe Verdi’s great niece, Gaia Maschi Orlandi Barezzi, explained that the Master often found inspiration in this room, and its elegantly refined furniture. It was in this space that his piano was placed, becoming the very soul of the room. The room is enchanced by the wide and bright lounge, the antique furniture, and the bedroom and two bathrooms.
Issue VII
