Verdi Messa da Requiem

Audience Score
90
NR 1 hr 33 minMusic
Guiseppe Verdis 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 Verdis famous funeral mass returns from the concert stage to Milans 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
StarringTeodor CurrentzismusicAeternaZarina Abaeva
DirectorFrançois-René Martin

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:Gingerlemon Euromedia Calle Carmen Little Tribeca

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