VERDI, G.: Messa da Requiem (Buratto, Rachvelishvili, Berrugi, Tagliavini, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, R. Abbado)
Soloist:
Berrugi, Giorgio
Soloist:
Buratto, Eleonora
Soloist:
Rachvelishvili, Anita
Soloist:
Tagliavini, Roberto
Choir:
Parma Teatro Regio Chorus
Orchestra:
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Conductor:
Abbado, Roberto
Composer:
Verdi, Giuseppe
Messa da Requiem
Venue: Teatro Regio, Parma
Date of Concert: 18-09-2020
Festival: Verdi Festival
Playing Time: 01:30:18
Television Director:
Scalfi, Marco
Catalogue Number: 37895
UPC: 8007144378950
The outstanding and deeply touching performance of Verdi's Messa da Requiem was recorded at the Parco Ducale of Parma, within the 2020 Edition of Festival Verdi. The concert was dedicated to the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic and all the health workers engaged in the emergency.
Here are conductor Roberto Abbado's words to describe this Verdian masterpiece: "I think that Verdi felt the need to compose a sacred work to deal with some themes that, as he got older, he felt very strongly about. They are themes that every human being sooner or later asks themselves. Verdi is not afraid to show that he fears death, and therefore his approach is extremely humble and human, showing some of the frailties we all have. How does the Messa da Requiem end? It ends, in my opinion, with a huge question mark. Basically, I believe, Verdi, like many of us, cannot answer these questions. I, myself, cannot answer them."
