The pair are among the 60 retired opera stars playing out their days in an elegant mansion in Milan founded by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The composer died in 1901, and the first nine guests moved into Casa Verdi a year later. Today most of the costs are covered by investments made by the Giuseppe Verdi Foundation, with residents paying according to their means. “The motives for which Giuseppe Verdi chose to build this house are still valid,” said Roberto Ruozi, president of the Giuseppe Verdi Foundation. “I had applied to Casa Verdi and two years later they called to say there was a place.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2020 09:56 UTC