concert of the 09.06.2021 Cancelled
concert of the 10.06.2021 Cancelled
VERDI’S REQUIEM
Wednesday
09.06.2021
20:00 — Victoria Hall
series O
Thursday
10.06.2021
20:00 — Victoria Hall
series S
Grand Mécène
programme
Myung-Whun Chung
Direction
Zarina Abaeva
Soprano
Ekaterina Semenchuk
Mezzo-soprano
René Barbera
Ténor
Dmitry Belosselskiy
Basse
Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Choeur
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
the music
The great Korean conductor, Myung-Whun Chung has chosen Verdi's impressive Requiemfor his first appearance at the reins of the OSR. His presence, together with that of the Rome’s famous Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, is the highlight that closes our season. Verdi takes hold of the liturgical text, infusing it with a romantic vision and a weight of extraordinary humanity, using all his knowledge of the voice and the emotion it conveys. The power of the Dies Irae has often been compared to that of Michelangelo's Last Judgement, which Verdi particularly liked. A great production not to be missed