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.
DirectorTiziano Mancini
WritersAlessandro Manzoni, Arrigo Boito
Part of
Includes: Verdi: Ernani, Verdi: Macbeth, Verdi: Oberto, Verdi: Luisa Miller, Verdi: Otello, Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma), Giovanna d'Arco, Verdi: Il corsaro, Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Verdi: I due Foscari, Verdi: Nabucco, Un giorno di regno, Verdi: Simon Boccanegra, Verdi: Il Trovatore, I vespri siciliani, Verdi: Attila, Giuseppe Verdi : La forza del destino, Verdi: Un ballo in maschera, Messa da Requiem (2011), Verdi: Falstaff, Verdi's Backyard, Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano, Verdi: Aida, Verdi: I masnadieri, Verdi: La Traviata, Verdi: Stiffelio, Verdi: Alzira, Verdi: Don Carlo
