Verdi: Messa da Requiem

Verdi: Messa da Requiem 2019 Directed by François-René Martin

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.

Country France

Production Country France

Language English

Spoken Languages Italian , Latin

Gnere Music

Production Companies Euromedia , Gingerlemon , Calle Carmen , Little Tribeca

Release Date 12 June 2019

93 mins