Messa da Requiem (2011)

Messa da Requiem (2011) (2011)

Music

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.

Director: Tiziano Mancini

Casts

	Sonia Ganassi as Mezzo-soprano
	Francesco Meli as Tenor
	Dimitra Theodossiou as Soprano
	Riccardo Zanellato as Bass
	Yuri Temirkanov as Conductor
	Martino Faggiani as Chorus Master
	Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma as Orchestra
	Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma as Chorus

Crew