{"id":5683,"date":"2023-02-15T06:01:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T11:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=5683"},"modified":"2023-02-15T06:01:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T11:01:56","slug":"italy-bands-together-to-save-verdis-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/15\/italy-bands-together-to-save-verdis-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy bands together to save Verdi\u2019s house"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/02\/Casa-Verdi.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption><sup>Interior photo of Verdi\u2019s home in Milan. Photo via Casa di Riposo per Musicisti \/ Fondazione Giuseppe Verdi<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>By\u00a0Michael Vincent\u00a0 for Ludwig-Van.com &#8211;  The Italian government has a new plan to buy the home of composer Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. They will be partnering with opera houses throughout Italy to present concerts featuring music by Verdi, with all proceeds going towards purchasing the composer\u2019s home.<\/p><p>Verdi built the house in 1848, and his parents lived there before he moved in with his second wife, Giuseppina Strepponi, in 1851. He lived in the home until he died in 1901.<\/p><p>The house is currently owned by descendants of Maria Filomena Verdi, the composer\u2019s younger cousin. the Carrara Verdi family.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family matters<\/h3><p>For over 20 years, the Carrara Verdi family could not agree on selling the house, living in it, or turning it into a museum.<\/p><p>After a messy legal battle, Italy\u2019s supreme court ruled that it must be sold, and the proceeds divided among them.<\/p><p>Until October, Villa Verdi was lived in by Angiolo Carrara Verdi and partly used as a museum, with visitors able to tour rooms, including one containing the bed and other furniture items from the hotel room in Milan where the composer died.<\/p><p>Until this past October, the family allowed visitors to tour the house, showing Verdi\u2019s bed and other personal effects.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In a nutshell<\/strong><\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The house will go up for auction for a projected \u20ac30.<\/li><li>Because of the historical significance,&nbsp; the Italian government will be given the option of matching the offers to turn the house into a museum.<\/li><li>The house contains many of his personal items, including a top hat, piano and scores.<\/li><\/ul><p>This move to preserve Verdi\u2019s home is a significant step in recognizing the importance of the composer\u2019s life and work and his impact on Italy and the world. It will also serve as a valuable resource for future generations to learn about Verdi\u2019s life and classical music history in Italy.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2023\/02\/06\/italy-bands-together-save-verdis-house\/?fbclid=IwAR2vuFa4csqPm9mcjogNBQc69qtHUqccUwP7FNNfNxKMKuR_Qa64sfkssPc\">Read more here<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian government has a new plan to buy the home of composer Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1161,1162,196,1008,1163],"class_list":{"0":"post-5683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-giuseppe-verdi","9":"tag-house","10":"tag-italy","11":"tag-milan","12":"tag-museum","13":"pmpro-has-access"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/verdi.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5685,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5683\/revisions\/5685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}