Verdi’s Requiem. Audio not yet available. This Oct. 26, 1959 photo shows American mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias arriving at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York to attend a performance of Verdi's ...

Outside Orchestra Hall, Michigan Avenue lampposts are sporting maroon banners in honor of the Chicago Symphony Chorus` 30th anniversary. Inside the hall, that same choral aggregation under Georg So… ...

1. First performed in 1874, Verdi’s setting of the Roman Catholic funeral mass (Requiem) was inspired by the death the previous year of Allesandro Manzoni, the Italian poet and novelist.

Verdi’s Requiem is, some say, his greatest opera: passionate emotions in a deeply powerful sacred drama of life and death itself. Great artists who aspire to touch the stars have their heroes ...

Verdi conducted the first performance in Milan on May 22, 1874, the first anniversary of Manzoni’s death. Latin Terms Defined Catholic masses around the world were traditionally sung in Latin.

This was an extroverted Verdi Requiem, well-matched with the bright forward sound of the Master Chorale. Except for the broadly paced opening and final bars, the tempos leaned toward the ...

The world will mark the bicentennial of Giuseppe Verdi's birth in October 2013. New Yorkers can get a head start on celebrations on Friday, April 13, when the all-volunteer Choral Society performs ...

Verdi's Operatic, Transcendent Requiem Although an agnostic, Verdi was a man of profound conscience and spirituality. In his Requiem, he projects the essentials of humanity — piety, emotion ...