When: Fri. Oct. 24th, 7 PM
Where: 452 Richardson Rd.

FREE by donation. All donations added to the Grange (our historic 1903 Center School) building maintenance & restoration fund.

About: “Among my works, the one I like best is the home that I have built in Milan for accommodating old singers not favored by fortune...the poor dear companions of my lifetime! Believe me, my friend, that home is truly my most beautiful work.” Giuseppe Verdi

VIVA VERDI! Giuseppe Verdi, Italy’s most notable composer -La Traviata, Aïda, Falstaff, Rigoletto, willed his vast fortune to build a distinctive retirement home for musicians and artists in Milan, Italy. VIVA VERDI! is an intimate journey uncovering the rich and diverse stories of these living treasures who call Casa Verdi home and the international music students who are mentored by and live among them. With stories of romance, tragedy and triumph abounding from these living treasures, it’s easy to see Verdi's vision thriving---a life-affirming reminder of how music moves us at a fundamental level; how nurturing artistic expression can be life-enhancing and nourishing to the spirit at any age; and how one distinctive retirement home saved thousands of lives.