Piedmont Opera + VIVA VERDI!

About this event

This screening will be preceded by a pre-recorded Q&A with producer Matthew Principe, and a live opera performance from Piedmont Opera Board Member Gail Phillips, mezzo soprano and General Director Joseph Mechavich, pianist Oscar-nominated VIVA VERDI! is an intimate glimpse into the lives of the celebrated opera singers and musicians currently living out their ‘third act’ while mentoring international music students who live among them at Milan’s unique retirement home, Casa Verdi, built by Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. The feature documentary follows the loves of these distinguised masters, shining a spotlight on Verdi’s legacy that is still alive and thriving one hundred years later. From these ‘guests of Verdi,’ age 77 to 107, comprised of international opera singers, ballet dancers, musicians, conductors and composers, we hear an extraordinary array of personal and professional stories filled with music, magic and passion, and ultimately learn why Verdi called this remarkable home his “best work”. His generous approach in caring for his colleagues in art, and the energy from the intergenerational exchange that permeates the house, makes Casa Verdi as forward thinking now, as it was then.

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