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Meet the inhabitants of the "Casa di Riposa" in Milan, the world s first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. In his documentary film Tosca s Kiss, which has developed an underground cult following over the years and is a favorite among opera and music lovers worldwide, director Daniel Schmid has captured a world in which these wonderful singers (many of whom had significant careers on the opera stage) re-live and re-enact their triumphant roles of the glorious past. Tosca s Kiss is a touching and often hilarious film on the subject of aging and the power and timeless capacity of music to inspire.