Verdi: Messa da Requiem

Verdi: Messa da Requiem

2019
1h 33m
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Overview

Guiseppe Verdi’s Requiem is still heard mainly in theatre and concert halls. However, the author himself intended this composition to be performed in church, and on special occasions. Conducted by Teodor Currentzis and performed by soloists and musicAeterna choir and orchestra, Verdi’s famous funeral mass returns from the concert stage to Milan’s Church of San Marco, the same place where it was premiered in 1874. The seven parts of the Requiem become steps on the way to comprehending the sacrament of death, the operatic character of orchestral and vocal writing acquires the strictness of the Catholic tradition, and musical images of rage, despair, and rebellion against the inevitable end are crowned with appeasement.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Gingerlemon Euromedia Calle Carmen Little Tribeca
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
Italian Latin

Keywords

classical concert musicaeterna

Quick Facts

Release Date June 12, 2019
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Teodor Currentzis
Teodor Currentzis

Conductor

musicAeterna
musicAeterna

Orchestra / Choir

Zarina Abaeva
Zarina Abaeva

Soprano

Ève-Maud Hubeaux
Ève-Maud Hubeaux

Mezzo-soprano

Dmytro Popov
Dmytro Popov

Tenor

Tareq Nazmi
Tareq Nazmi

Bass

Key Crew

François-René Martin
Director
Laëtitia Bartoli
Producer
Nicolas Bartholomée
Producer