Giuseppe Verdi composed some of the greatest operas ever - La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Aida, Otello and many others. But he regarded his finest accomplishment not as a particular opera but another great project: the building of a retirement home for singers and musicians. Casa Verdi stands to this day on the Piazza Michelangelo Buonarroti in Milan, having welcomed more than 1,500 [...]