Gaining a coveted membership requires a proven passion for the Italian composer, and an existing member to die. You also have to be male.
The “Club dei 27” (Club of 27) pays tribute and places a bouquet of flowers on maestro Verdi’s bed on the 211th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth. NYT
They did not sing “Happy Birthday.” At least, not at first. Instead, they celebrated Giuseppe Verdi’s birthday last month with a rendition of Va, pensiero, a chorus from his opera, Nabucco. The song is so beloved that there have been proposals to make it Italy’s national anthem.
The choir consisted of men from all walks of life – bankers, a surgeon, a lawyer, a neuroscientist, a vegetable vendor – and with one burning passion in common: adoration for the 19th-century composer.
