ヴェルディ音楽家のための老人ホーム
[Guest post by Umberto Torricelli in Milan] On 14 October, our local chapter, Urban Sketchers Milano, visited Casa Verdi, which is a retirement home for elderly musicians. It was donated to the city of Milan by the composer Giuseppe Verdi, in the later part of his life, to house needy, retired musicians. “Among my works, the one I like best is the home that I have built in Milan for accommodating old singers not favoured by fortune, or who, when they were young, did not possess the virtue of saving,” Verdi wrote in a letter to a friend. “The poor, dear companions of my lifetime! Believe me, my friend, that […]