Manitoba Music
Verdi Requiem
- Date
- Saturday, Apr 19, 2014 at 8pm
- Performers
- Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir
Mennonite Festival Chorus
Jonita Lattimore
Emilia Boteva
Steven Tharp
Kevin Deas
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra - Location
- Centennial Concert Hall
- Address
- 555 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
About
SATURDAY, APRIL 19 · 8:00 PM
Verdi’s Requiem is the grandest, most ambitious sacred work of the late 19th century. Widely described as an opera in church clothing, the music overflows with theatre and drama whose ample supply of vivid scene painting (the terrifying Dies Irae), lavish aria-like lyricism and spellbinding operatic gesture combine for a riveting emotional experience. Composer Johannes Brahms said it best when asked to honour his Italian colleague, “Verdi’s Requiem is a work of genius.”
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Jonita Lattimore, soprano
Emilia Boteva, mezzo-soprano
Steven Tharp, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass
Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, Yuri Klaz, director
Mennonite Festival Chorus, Rudy Schellenberg, William Baerg & Janet Brenneman, co-directors