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Can Making Music Keep You Vital? Inside Christine La Monte’s Viva Verdi!
What if retirement was a time to create, to be in a community with fellow artists?
In this episode of Your Creative Midlife, I talk with producer Christine La Monte about Viva Verdi!, the Oscar-nominated documentary she produced with Director Yvonne Russo. The film tells the story of aging musicians in Milan’s Casa Verdi, a home created by renowned composer Giuseppe Verdi. The home opened in 1902 and has since housed more than 1,500 artists.
The residents still teach, perform, sing, and mentor the next generation. Verdi himself said: “Among my works, the one I like best is the home that I…
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