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Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov
Stars: Sonia Ganassi, Francesco Meli, Dimitra Theodossiou, Riccardo Zanellato, Chorus of Teatro Regio di Parma.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2812558/
Not an opera, but 25th Verdi major work.
Premiere 1874, at the San Marco church in Milan
Filmed at Teatro Farnese, Parma
This is not an opera house, but an auditorium with seating stacked like bleachers.
Written as a tribute to Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist, famous for the novel The Betrothed (orig. Italian: I promessi sposi) (1827), generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. The novel was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern, unified Italian language, based on the Tuscan dialect. Manzoni helped create linguistic unity throughout Italy.
I've not been impressed by the Requiem previously, but here the soprano and bass parts, in addition to the choral singing, attracted my attention favorably. I found the mezzo-soprano's voice a bit strange. The tenor was fine, just didn't grab me.
The repeated theme for the day of judgement is a famous segment, and very memorable and suitably scary/exciting.
Glad to have this. Wonder if the back story helped, or if this is really better than the other version I have.
Unitel, cond. Temirkanov; 8
