Messa da Requiem (2011)

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 6, 2011

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Cast

Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma,Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma,Riccardo Zanellato,Yuri Temirkanov,Francesco Meli,Martino Faggiani,Dimitra Theodossiou,Sonia Ganassi

Director

Tiziano Mancini

Writer

Alessandro Manzoni,Arrigo Boito

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt2812558