The exhibition explores the relation between music and food referring to four characters who have a special value for the region Emilia-Romagna: the peevish Giuseppe Verdi, fond of “risotto” and of country life; Gioachino Rossini, passionate gourmet travelling from Pesaro to Paris via Bologna; Arturo Toscanini, conductor from Parma but globally performing, of whom we celebrate this year the 150th anniversary of the birth; and Wolfang Amedeus Mozart, passing through Bologna for work purposes but attracted by candies -not simply gastronomic- during a summer in villa.
The exhibit is based on the book The Operatic Kitchen, Music and Food in Emilia-Romagna (Cucina all'Opera, Musica e Cibo in Emilia-Romagna) by Giancarlo Fre, architect and lover of cooking, food and fine arts, appreciated and well-known author of the blog “Il gastronomo educato” (“the polite gastronome”). The book tells about and criss-crosses the professional and private lives of musicians, composers and performers, their best-loved recipes, their passion for this land rich of flavours and fragrances.