VIVA VERDI! offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of the celebrated opera singers and musicians living out their “third act” at Milan’s Casa Verdi retirement home built in 1896 by the most influential …

At Milan's Casa Verdi retirement home, elderly opera stars and musicians mentor young students while sharing their remarkable lives. Built by Verdi in 1896, this unique residence unites generations …

6 days ago · Interview with ‘Viva Verdi!’ documentary director reveals how the great opera composer made “dreams come true” with his retirement home for musicians in Italy.

Today, around sixty-five people live in its frescoed rooms — musicians, opera singers, classical ballerinas, orchestra directors — and their everyday life was captured in a new documentary, Viva …

May 2, 2025 · La Monte Productions presents Viva Verdi!, a documentary directed by Yvonne Russo, following the lives of maestros in twilight, whose every aria echoes through history as part of opera’s …

Through one-on-one interviews and archival footage, the feature documentary VIVA VERDI! follows the lives of these distinguished masters, shining a spotlight on Verdi’s legacy that is still alive and thriving …

This Oscar-contending documentary, 'Viva Verdi!', takes you inside the remarkable dwelling where talented musicians and singers spend their golden years.

3 days ago · A thirty-year friendship unites Christine La Monte and Yvonne Russo, producers and screenwriters of VIVA VERDI!, with Russo also serving as director. Their documentary tells the story …

VIVA VERDI! – Giuseppe Verdi, the most influential Italian Opera composer of the 19th century, willed his vast fortune to build a retirement home in Milan, Italy for ageing opera singers and musicians, …

Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (/ ˈvɛərdi / VAIR-dee, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best …