Angela Giuffrida visits Casa Verdi, a home for retired opera singers founded by the Italian composer.
Renato Franco Perversi and Irena Domowicz are squabbling over who does the better rendition of the Neapolitan classic, O Sole Mio. Perversi, 87, sings deep, while Domowicz, who says you must never ask a woman her age, immediately replicates the kind of performance she might have given during her career as a mezzo-soprano.
“There is more theatre in here sometimes than in the outside world,” she joked...Keep reading on The Guardian
Renato Franco Perversi and Irena Domowicz are squabbling over who does the better rendition of the Neapolitan classic, O Sole Mio. Perversi, 87, sings deep, while Domowicz, who says you must never ask a woman her age, immediately replicates the kind of performance she might have given during her career as a mezzo-soprano.
“There is more theatre in here sometimes than in the outside world,” she joked...Keep reading on The Guardian