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.
Cast
Crew
François-René Martin
Director
Octávio Espírito Santo
Director of Photography
Laëtitia Bartoli
Producer
Nicolas Bartholomée
Producer
Hugo Scremin
Sound Assistant
Maximilien Ciup
Sound Engineer
Gaëtan Juge
Sound Engineer
Alexey Khoroshev
Lighting Director
Giuseppe Verdi
Original Music Composer
Teodor Currentzis
Music Director, Conductor
Florian Bonifay
Production Director
Ferenc Radnai
Gaffer
Cédric Delannoy
Production Manager
Emmanuel Mercier
Production Manager
Serge Beaupere
Digital Imaging Technician
Vitaly Polonsky
Conductor
Amandine Saillier
Administrative Assistant
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