Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di MILANO (Milan Conservatory of Music) Italy's largest higher music academy, founded in 1808 as a member of the Socrates-Erasmo exchange program, with faculty mainly from the world's top It is a member of the Socrates-Erasmus exchange program, and its faculty is mainly drawn from the world's top-class La Scala opera house, which has earned it a worldwide reputation. The faculty is mainly drawn from the world's most prestigious opera houses in La Scala, and is thus renowned worldwide;