When it comes to Requiems and Stabat Maters I tend to avoid them as they make me more sad than ever. But Verdi's Requiem was so well advertised that I decided to break the embargo I had placed upon ...

Verdi’s Requiem, the composer’s epic, dramatic, mood-swinging treatment of an ancient Catholic funeral mass, is a significant milestone for any conductor. “It’s one of those pieces that you study and ...

In an environment of little food, no medical care, disease, infestation, and fear for their lives, professional conductor Rafael Schachter and other Jews formed a chorus, memorized Giuseppe Verdi’s ...

The finale of the Mariinsky weekend at the Wales Millennium Centre consisted of a single work : Verdi’s Requiem Mass commemorating Alessandro Manzoni. An appropriate choice for Gergiev and his forces, ...

For a time, Chicago Symphony music director emeritus Riccardo Muti planned to end the 2024/25 downtown season with Hector Berlioz’s “The Damnation of Faust,” not heard at Orchestra Hall since 2008.

For his first concerts as Houston Symphony Music Director, Juraj Valuha shares a towering masterpiece from Italian opera master Giuseppe Verdi. Traversing a sweeping emotional arc from fiery anguish ...

Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem is a conductor's dream come true. Few pieces in the repertoire offer the drama of opera and the thrill of wonderful symphonic writing combined with stellar, virtuosic solo ...

It’s a depressing thought, but sometimes I feel like when the Met does something interesting or moving or even “right” in any sense it’s pure happenstance. The current run of performances of Verdi’s ...

“I believe in nothing.” Listening to Verdi’s Requiem would certainly suggest otherwise, its 85-minute journey from “Introit and Kyrie” and “Dies irae” - via “Offertory”, “Sanctus”, “Agnus Dei” and ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in today for Terry Gross. We're going to listen to and hear about a beautiful and awe-inspiring piece of music, Verdi's "Requiem," with our guest, conductor Yannick ...