Verdi: Messa da Requiem (2019)
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.
Director: François-René Martin
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Teodor Currentzis as Conductor |
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musicAeterna as Orchestra / Choir |
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Zarina Abaeva as Soprano |
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Ève-Maud Hubeaux as Mezzo-soprano |
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Dmytro Popov as Tenor |
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Tareq Nazmi as Bass |
| Directing | François-René Martin | Director |
| Sound | Teodor Currentzis | Conductor |
| Sound | Vitaly Polonsky | Conductor |
| Production | Florian Bonifay | Production Director |
| Production | Laëtitia Bartoli | Producer |
| Sound | Gaëtan Juge | Sound Engineer |
| Camera | Octávio Espírito Santo | Director of Photography |
| Production | Emmanuel Mercier | Production Manager |
| Sound | Teodor Currentzis | Music Director |
| Production | Nicolas Bartholomée | Producer |
| Lighting | Ferenc Radnai | Gaffer |
| Camera | Serge Beaupere | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Sound | Maximilien Ciup | Sound Engineer |
| Lighting | Alexey Khoroshev | Lighting Director |
| Crew | Amandine Saillier | Administrative Assistant |
| Production | Cédric Delannoy | Production Manager |
| Sound | Hugo Scremin | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Giuseppe Verdi | Original Music Composer |
