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The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Italian opera houses plan Verdi shows to help government buy composer’s home

Villa Verdi in Sant'agata Villanova Sull'arda, where Giuseppi Verdi lived for 50 years.
Villa Verdi in Sant'agata Villanova Sull'arda, where Giuseppi Verdi lived for 50 years. Photograph: AGF/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Opera houses across Italy have come together to help the government meet the shortfall on a bid to save for the nation a country house lived in by composer Giuseppe Verdi for 50 years.

Villa Verdi in Sant’Agata di Villanova – close to the town of Busseto in the Emilia-Romagna region where he was born – and his home for 50 years, was put up for sale in October after a long-running squabble among his heirs.

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