Messa da Requiem (2011)

A requiem inspired by the death, on May 22, 1873, of the Italian poet and writer Alessandro Manzoni, author of the novel “The Betrothal”. Giuseppe Verdi’s “Messa da Requiem” (more commonly known as the “Verdi Requiem”) is a requiem mass for soloists (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and bass), double choir, and orchestra, premiered on May 22, 1874, at the Church of San Marco in Milan. The Requiem is Verdi’s only major composition not intended for the opera. From the 27-opera Verdi box set “Tutto Verdi.” Recorded live at the Teatro Farnese in Parma on October 8, 2011.

• Release date
• October 6, 2011
• Runtime
• 96 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Tiziano Mancini

Cast

Sonia Ganassi Mezzo-soprano Francesco Meli Tenor Dimitra Theodossiou Soprano Riccardo Zanellato Bass Yuri Temirkanov Conductor

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Martino Faggiani Chorus Master

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Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

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Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus