Verdi: Messa da Requiem
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.
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
June 12, 2019
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Cast (6)
Teodor Currentzis
Conductor
musicAeterna
Orchestra / Choir
Zarina Abaeva
Soprano
Ève-Maud Hubeaux
Mezzo-soprano
Dmytro Popov
Tenor
Tareq Nazmi
Bass
Crew (18)
Directing
François-René Martin
Director
Writing
No data availableProduction
Florian Bonifay
Production Director
Emmanuel Mercier
Production Manager
Laëtitia Bartoli
Producer
Cédric Delannoy
Production Manager
Nicolas Bartholomée
Producer
Sound
Giuseppe Verdi
Original Music Composer
Teodor Currentzis
Music Director
Teodor Currentzis
Conductor
Vitaly Polonsky
Conductor
Maximilien Ciup
Sound Engineer
Gaëtan Juge
Sound Engineer
Hugo Scremin
Sound Assistant
Art
No data availableCamera
Octávio Espírito Santo
Director of Photography
Serge Beaupere
Digital Imaging Technician
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
Amandine Saillier
Administrative Assistant
Editing
No data availableLighting
Alexey Khoroshev
Lighting Director
Ferenc Radnai
Gaffer