BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Opera on a Plate, Verdi (Rome) Walter Iuzzolino seeks out the perfect match of food and music, entwined in Italian opera.

Verdi loved his Emilia Romagna's birthplace #Busseto near Parma, and Milan, but happily spent wintertimes in #Genoa and toured all Europe - without crossing any sea! #OperaOnAPlate