Last night, along with baritone Ludovic Tézier and pianist Nelson Calzi, Anna Netrebko marked the 125th anniversary of the death of Giuseppe Verdi with a recital programme dedicated to the legendary composer. It took place in the 300-seat Teatro Verdi in Busseto, whose construction Verdi partially financed. Beforehand, on the piazza in front of the theatre, a stone was commemorated in Anna’s honour on the “Strada del Melodramma,” a project of the Museo Renata Tebaldi. Dinner afterwards (at the Ristorante Alle Roncole) was a stone’s throw from Verdi’s childhood home.

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