If a requiem looms large among a composer's works, especially one written near the end of his or her life or in a morbid frame of mind, it inevitably becomes an unofficial, autobiographical epitaph.

As sacred oratorios play out and endure in the hearts of performers and audiences, few in the classical cannon compare with Verdi’s Requiem, presented this Saturday by the National Philharmonic ...

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 ...

SUNY Cortland’s Performing Arts Department, The Arts at Grace and the McNeil Development Company present the "Verdi Requiem," one of the great works for chorus and orchestra, on Friday, May 3 and ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Verdi’s Requiem has been performed at the Met more than 50 times, beginning on ...

One of the joys of Washington life is our regular exposure to the greatest works of the choral repertory. Two weeks ago, the Washington Bach Consort presented the "St. Matthew Passion"; last week, the ...

The combined San Diego Opera Chorus and the San Diego Master Chorale will be the largest chorus San Diego Opera has ever assembled on the stage of the Civic Theatre, as Krassimira Stoyanova, Stephanie ...

Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem is not an opera, but it's got all the drama, intensity and range of emotions that his best operas do. And with 133 voices on the Fulton stage, along with the Lancaster ...

True Concord Voices & Orchestra didn’t waste any time building on the euphoria from its acclaimed performance late last month of Bernstein’s Mass. This weekend, the professional choir joins with 40 ...

Hereford Choral Society presents Verdi’s Requiem at Hereford Cathedral, 15 November. Local soloists Rachel Roper and Ruairi Bowen return.

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, ...

Rarely do first notes command audiences to sit up and listen. Even exceptional performances can take time to gain impact. The outburst of chorus and orchestra at Dies irae (Day of Wrath) near the ...