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- Related Stories Below The Line 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Grammys, Guilds & More News The 2026 Oscars: Everything We Know About The Ceremony, Host, Date & More So Far Casa Verdi stands to this day on the Piazza Michelangelo Buonarroti in Milan, having welcomed more than 1,500 retirees since it opened more than a century ago.
- The Oscar-contending documentary Viva Verdi!
- enters this remarkable dwelling where violinists, harpists, percussionists, pianists and singers from soprano to basso live their golden years in a splendidly music-filled environment.
- “When I walked in for the first time, I could hear almost like sonic colors that were floating through the hallways,” writer-director-producer Yvonne Russo recalled as she took part in a panel discussion at Deadline’s Contenders Documentary virtual event.
- “I just knew, wow, this place is pretty magical.
