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A place rich in atmosphere, full of traces left by the passage of great personalities whose names have shaped history. Opened in 1863, the Grand Hotel et de Milan preserves all the charm of an ancient Milanese "house". The interior of the Grand Hotel et de Milan, discreet and refined, conquers with the unique atmosphere of its rooms enriched during the time with exclusive objects and furniture that are now part of its history. The rooms perfectly preserve the period furniture and details, as well as the parquet floors and the Italian marbles that decorate the wide bathrooms. ▪ Enrico Caruso - 306 ▪
Among the many anecdotes that link the Grand Hotel et de Milan with great personalities of Italian Opera, one affects tenor Enrico Caruso, to whom suite 306 is dedicated. The tenor,who was in Milan to sing at the Scala Opera Theatre in a new opera directed by Arturo Toscanini, arrived at the hotel. In the same period, Fred Gaisberg, a pioneer of phonographic recording at the “Voce del Padrone” record label, asked the tenor to record some of the arias of the Opera called “Germania”. Caruso asked the hotel to mount a sort of recording studio: it is exactly here where the recording of the first flat LP in the history of music took place. ▪ Tamara de Lempicka - 405 ▪
Born in a well-off family, the beautiful and uninhibited Polish painter met Gabriele D'Annunzio in 1925. The poet indeed, considered among the major representatives of the literature of the 20th century, had a great passion for women and many letters, written on the hotel letterhead, testify a playful and friendly relationship between Tamara and Gabriele. During her Italian stays, Tamara was divided between the Vittoriale (D'Annunzio's residence in Desenzano) and the Grand Hotel et de Milan, his Milanese house, where she was hosted by D'Annunzio himself. A lot of material linked to the Grand Hotel has been found at the Vittoriale, among the other things various copies of D'Annunzio's guests bills at the Gran Hotel, included Eleonora Duse. ▪ Luchino Visconti - 418 ▪
Luchino Visconti has always been one of the family at the Grand Hotel et de Milan. It was the point of reference for business meetings, a place where to meet before going to a première at the Scala Opera Theatre, and then all in line along Via Manzoni towards the Theatre. At the Grand Hotel et de Milan Visconti called young Danilo Donati, who then became one of the most famous tailors of the theatre world, when he was still in his infancy in the textile field, working as a delivery boy in a shop of fabrics in Via Montenapoleone. ▪ Maria Callas - 114 ▪
Maria Meneghini Callas was a regular guest at the Grand Hotel et de Milan between 1950 and 1952, on the occasion of plays such as the Aida, I vespri Siciliani, Il ratto del seraglio, Norma, Macbeth and Gioconda held at the Scala Opera Theatre. She and Meneghini, her first husband, could argue for hours in reception in front of their open security box over the choice of jewels to wear. On February 1953 she moved to her new villa in Milan, but she returned to the Grand Hotel et de Milan to meet Luchino Visconti, another regular of the hotel for the plays of the Traviata in 1955. ▪ Vittorio De Sica - 312 ▪
Vittorio De Sica's first stay at the Grand Hotel et de Milan, according to her wife Maria Mercader, was during the shooting of Miracolo a Milano in 1950, when they moved to the hotel for a long period. The hotel became their home in Milan until 1974 when, in his last film, Il Viaggio, De Sica shot the scene in which the protagonist Cesare, starred by Richard Burton, meets Giacomo Puccini exactly in the hall of the hotel. Maria and her sons, Cristian and Manuel, have always returned to the Grand Hotel even after the death of Vittorio, "as you return to a cosy holiday house". ▪ Giorgio De Chirico - 309 ▪
The Grand Hotel et de Milan has always been a point of reference for many international great artists. Giorgio De Chirico too, maximum representative of the metaphysical painting, chose it as his point of residence during the Milanese stays in the 1950s. The choice of the Maestro was also due to the proximity of the Hotel to friend Jolas's art gallery, important international collector and expert of art. The gallery was infact located in Via Manzoni, a few steps from the hotel, which became a sort of dependence. De Chirico often returned to the Grand Hotel et de Milan and his last stay dates back to few years before his death, on the occasion of the Milan Triennale d'Arte in 1973, for which he designed the famous Mysterious Baths Fountain. ▪ Giorgio Strehler - 206 ▪
Apartment 206 is dedicated to Giorgio Strehler. He arrived very young to Milan where he met Franco Parenti and Paolo Grassi that together with him and Nina Vinchi set up in 1947 the Piccolo Teatro della Città di Milano (small theatre of the city of Milan), giving life to stage fittings that shaped the history of theatre, such as the “Albergo dei poveri by Gorkij and I giganti della montagna by Pirandello. ▪ The Verdi Suite ▪
The Grand Hotel et de Milan Presidential suite is dedicated to Maestro Giuseppe Verdi. The Maestro chose to stay in the suite 105 of the once called "Albergo di Milano", to be able to alternate his city life to the quieter and more relaxing life of his country house of Sant' Agata. How to reach the hotelDistance from: Malpensa Airport
▪ Gerry's Bar ▪
A discreet, private and refined lounge in the heart of milan. ▪ Restaurant & Bar Caruso ▪
The Caruso bar, with its pleasant “jardin d'hiver”, offers a cuisine that reinterprets traditional Milanese dishes in a contemporary key. Inside the delightful veranda set in the green environment of the small square, period furniture “cohabit” with contemporary elements creating a timeless atmosphere that recalls the one of the Parisian bistros. At the beginning of 2011, the inside hall of the restaurant was renovated, leaving anyway untouched the internal structure organized on two levels, the big columns with decorated capitals and the two precious Murano chandeliers dating back to the 1920s ▪ Don Carlos Restaurant ▪
The Don Carlos pays homage tomaster giuseppe verdi who stayed at the grand hotel et de milan for more than twenty years. A CENTURY AND A HALF OF MILANESE HISTORY SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS GUESTS OF ITS OLDEST HOTEL. The most reliable “Review” about this property is that it is in The JP Moser Hotel & Chateau Guide, and Mr. & Mrs. Moser, the authors of the guide, stay at the properties featured in The JP Moser Hotel & Chateau guide (usually for two days and two nights), in order to evaluate thoroughly the installations and services. Therefore, if a lodging establishment is featured in The JP Moser Hotel & Chateau Guide, is because it is exactly as you see it in www.jpmoser.com and you can be sure that if you book this property, there should not be any unpleasant surprises while you stay there.
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