The Concert Season of the Regio kicks off with Verdi’s Requiem Mass conducted by Andrea Battistoni

Inauguration Sunday 8 January The Messa da Requiem, a masterpiece by Giuseppe Verdi, conducted by Andrea Battistoni, will inaugurate the concert season of the Teatro Regio in Turin on Sunday 8 January next, with the participation of the Choir, a fundamental element of the score, instructed by Andrea Secchi. The solo parts will be entrusted … Read more

Requiem for John Lennon, an extraordinary life between a bombing and a blast

John Lennon (Design: Jesús Avilés/ Infobae) I didn’t intend to write about John Lennon. At this point, what else can be said about lennon? about all lennon? The lennon orphan with toupee, leather jacket and glasses Buddy Holly walking in a Liverpool destroyed by German bombing, with no idea what to make of his life … Read more

MADRID / Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ returned to Ibermúsica

MADRID / Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ returned to Ibermúsica Madrid. National Auditorium (Symphonic Hall). 9-XI-2022. Green: Table of Requiem. Carmela Remigio, soprano; Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano; Valentino Buzza, tenor; Fabrizio Beggi, bass Milan Symphony Orchestra and Choir. Director: Claus Peter Flor. the great one returned Requiem Mass from Giuseppe Verdi to Ibermúsica. Busseto’s colossal score has not been … Read more

Ligeti’s Requiem and the legacy of José María García de Paredes

Requiem of Ligeti. OCNE and David Afkham. © 2022 by Rafa Martin Madrid, Friday, September 23, 2022. Symphony Hall of the National Auditorium. György Ligeti, Requiem. Richard Strauss, Eine Alpensinfonie op 64. Jenny Daviet, soprano. Barbara Kozelij, mezzo-soprano. Antonio González Alonso and Alfonso Martín González, basses. Choir of the Community of Madrid (Josep … Read more