As an opera composer, Verdi was always conscious of dramatic effect. With off-stage trumpets, a pounding bass drum and four vocal soloists, his Requiem Mass really packs a wallop. Conductor Marin ...

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.

Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem Mass has to be the signature work of the Riccardo Muti era with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Any remaining doubt was erased when he reprised it Thursday evening with ...

Payare and the San Diego Symphony will perform Verdi’s Requiem at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park on Saturday and Oct. 2 with four vocal soloists and the San Diego Master Chorale.