TUPPER LAKE — The Adirondack State Theater will proudly partner with this year’s Lake Placid Film Festival when Tupper Arts hosts a screening at the theater of the film Viva Verdi! on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m in Tupper Lake.

The film offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of the celebrated opera singers and musicians currently living out their “third act” while mentoring international music students who live among them at Milan’s unique retirement home, Casa Verdi, built by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896.

The screening will be attended by the film’s director, Yvonne Russo, who will be taking part in a discussion following the film. The event will be hosted by the theater’s new Director of Performing Arts, George Cordes, whose career as an operatic bass-baritone included many performances of Verdi roles. Tickets and more information are now available online at the theater’s website, adirondackstatetheater.org. The Adirondack State Theater is located at 100 Park Street, Tupper Lake.

This feature documentary follows the lives of the distinguished masters in residence at Casa Verdi, shining a spotlight on Verdi’s legacy that is still alive and thriving 100 years later. From these ‘guests of Verdi’ — aged 77 to 107 and comprised of international opera singers, ballet dancers, musicians, conductors and composers — we hear an extraordinary array of personal and professional stories.

These are filled with music, magic and passion, and ultimately learn why Verdi called this remarkable home his “best work”. His generous approach in caring for his colleagues in art, and the energy from the intergenerational exchange that permeates the house, make Casa Verdi as forward-thinking now as it was then.

Award-winning filmmaker Yvonne Russo currently serves as director/producer of “Ring of Fire: The Life of Annie Mae Aquash.” It’s a true-crime docu-series currently in production, produced by Amy Kaufman and Caroline Waterlow with Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories. Most recently, she directed, produced and wrote the PBS animated short, Minnie’s War Bonnet.

A producer on “Kelly’s Bar,” an indie feature with Casey Affleck’s Sea Change Media, Russo worked as production advisor on “Woman Walks Ahead,” starring Jessica Chastain. Russo also worked as production liaison and advisor on the HBO Mini-Series, “Lewis And Clark.”

She served as producer on Gale Anne Hurd’s feature documentary, “True Whisperers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers,” and on the feature film, “Naturally Native.” She was co-producer on “The Rescuers: Heroes of the Holocaust.”

Russo worked for 15 years on a diverse slate of domestic and international television and film projects for such companies as HBO, National Geographic Channel, Discovery/TLC and the CBS/Smithsonian Channel. She has a television development deal with Handmade Films to adapt the 1989 cult classic film, “Powwow Highway,” based on a novel by David Seals. Russo has been contracted by Warner Media and Bad Robot as an executive producer on a new untitled television series in development.

A member of the Academy of Television and Sciences, Russo is also a member of the Producers Guild of America, where she formerly served on the Board of Governors. A Board Member of New York Women in Film & Television, Russo divides her time between New York and Los Angeles. She is a member of the Sicangu Lakota Tribal Nation.

The Adirondack State Theater continues to present a full lineup of first-run movies year-round, along with classic movies and special events. Current and upcoming showings are available on its website.