Verdi Requiem
Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana
Coro dell'Opera di Parma
Manfred Obrecht, conductor
Ekaterina Bakanova, soprano
Ulrike Malotta, mezzo-soprano
Riccardo Della Sciucca, tenor
Marian Pop, Bass
Massimo Fiocchi Malaspina, rehearsal choir
Verdi Requiem, the spectacular choral work at KKL Luzern
The name Giuseppe Verdi will forever be associated first and foremost with the opera "Aida". But his setting of the text of the requiem mass, the "Messa da Requiem" from 1874, is no less impressive and poignant. The Requiem walks the line between opera and sacred work. Giuseppe Verdi succeeded in an unprecedented way in transforming the drama of the text into musical soundscapes that captivate and enthral the audience. It is not for nothing that "Messa da Requiem", together with Beethoven's "Missa solemnis", is considered the absolute pinnacle of religious music of the 19th century.
PROGRAM
Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da Requiem for soloists, choir and orchestra
Requiem
Dies irea
Offertorio
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Lux aeterna
Libera me
Programme subject to change without notice
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