I Speak of Love to Myself

Set in the extraordinary retirement home for musicians that Giuseppe Verdi donated to the city of Milan in 1902.

Ada, an eccentric maid, knows the secrets of all the retired musicians in Casa Verdi: Bartholomew, the ninety-year-old tenor; Piera, whose aged hands still dance with grace across the piano; Kimiko, the Japanese soprano; Luisa, who sang with Maria Callas in La Traviata; and Ferro, the violinist who has broken hundreds of hearts. They prepare with anticipation for a grand celebration, all the while allowing their undimmed passion to resurface and secrets to be told. Like music, which defies the passage of time; like love, which can be born – or reborn – even within the walls of Casa Verdi…