After an exhausting swing of judicial skirmishes, family disagreements and stamped papers, Villa Verdi, in Sant'Agata di Villanova, Piacentino, will be put up for sale, probably at auction.
The official status will arrive with the order issued by the Court of Parma and the State will have the right of pre-emption.
The sumptuous mansion that hosted Giuseppe Verdi for half a century was left to the heirs, who have never managed to find an agreement and since no one has the possibility to liquidate the others, they will have to go to the sale.
Thus ends a legal battle, which lasted 20 years, between the four Carrara Verdi brothers (Maria Mercedes, Ludovica, Angiolo and Emanuela, the latter died in 2020).
Angiolo Carrara Verdi since 2010, the year in which his mother died, has been managing the home of Sant'Agata, designed by Giuseppe Verdi who moved there in 1851. Inside the villa there are many memories of his life and his works.
"There is so much regret - explained Angiolo Carrara Verdi, speaking to Libertà - it was only a matter of time. It was known that it would happen. Not finding an agreement, the Villa was destined for this unpleasant end. An ending that certainly did not. I would never have wished, but in front of which I can do nothing. I do not have the possibility to take over the shares of the others and therefore the house will be put up for sale ".
The Supreme Court has in fact confirmed that the legacy of Alberto Carrara Verdi, who had disappeared in 2001, must be divided equally among the children.
But there is nothing certain about the timing.
"I tried my best - added Angiolo speaking to the newspaper - I tried to do my best, to keep it in the best possible way. I respected the will of the Master. He left it to the universal heir Maria Cristina Filomena because he wanted it to remain a living house, which had to continue to be a home. I therefore hope that those who intervene in the future will treat it in the same way, as a home.
It cannot become just a cold museum ".
On the other hand, the case against the State remains open for Verdi's correspondence, kept in a trunk, which were expropriated from the Carrara Verdi family.
"We have always and only respected the will of the Maestro - underlines Angiolo - who wished that those documents were not disclosed and we do not intend to give up. It is not a game over".
These are over 600 sheets of sketches and sketches of works, for the most part unpublished, already taken from the villa in 2017 and kept in the State Archives of Parma.
