Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini (1886) - National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Requiem I. Introit (Requiem aeternam) & Kyrie II. Sequence (Dies irae) Tuba ...

Verdi’s Requiem, the composer’s epic, dramatic, mood-swinging treatment of an ancient Catholic funeral mass, is a significant milestone for any conductor. “It’s one of those pieces that you study and ...

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

The evening was dedicated – on the 10th anniversary of this death – to Claudio Abbado’s contribution to Santa Cecilia over 26 seasons of the fifty he was active, though none of his performances here ...

For a time, Chicago Symphony music director emeritus Riccardo Muti planned to end the 2024/25 downtown season with Hector Berlioz’s “The Damnation of Faust,” not heard at Orchestra Hall since 2008.

It’s a bit of irony that Giuseppe Verdi might have appreciated. The most eloquent local homage this season has not been an opera production, but a performance of the composer’s Requiem, presented by ...

Riccardo Muti has been conducting the Verdi Requiem for, what? Fifty years? He has devoted much of his life to Verdi, and the Requiem stands at the summit, you could say, of Verdi’s output. Muti has ...

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 ...

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and Elina Garanča with Antonio Pappno and the Accademia playersAll images from Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/MUSA Indeed, both choir and orchestra gave volcanic ...