In honor of the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's birth on October 10th, musical and historical events in America and Italy celebrate the esteemed composer over the next few months. Here are a select few:

Italian Academy Foundation presents Verdi at Carnegie Hall
The IAF along with the Consulate General of Italy in New York along with Vento and Associates Milan, Eni Italia, The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation New York, Eccola Foundation New York, and Compagnia per la Musica Roma present i Cameristi della Scala who will perform six fantasies based on Verdi's operas by the composer himself and his contemporaries – premiering for the first time in NY.

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Source: http://italianacademyfoundation.org