Practical note
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Current worldPlaces
Hotel and lodgingSorrento / IT1876
Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria
Wagner stayed here with Cosima and the family; the visit belongs to the early work on Parsifal.
Image credit
Gizm07, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗01 / Why this place matters
Final years
The stay with Cosima and the children connects Wagner’s family travels with the early Parsifal period. The hotel, which still operates, makes tangible the international life and working world that followed the first Bayreuth Festival.
02 / Plan the visit
Sorrento
Always verify opening hours, tickets and accessibility directly with the operator.- Relevant years
- 1876
- Type
- Hotel and lodging
- Story
- Final years
- Status
- Visitor site
- Address
- Piazza Tasso 34, 80067 Sorrento
03 / Related works
From place back to stage.
04 / Sources and further reading
Read further, then travel.
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