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Verdi's Requiem, Reno Philharmonic 2011-12 MasterClassics Season FInale
Seeded by laurajackson on 5 Apr 2012
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Author: TheRenoPhil
Verdi's Requiem Reno Philharmonic Orchestra, Laura Jackson conducting Sunday, April 1, 2012, 4:00 pm Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 7:30 pm Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts Giuseppe VERDI Messa da Requiem, featuring Reno Philharmonic Chorus with soloists Jennifer Check-Soprano, Susana Poretsky-Mezzo Soprano, Gregory Carroll-Tenor and Alfred Walker-Bass Baritone Tickets are $73-20, with senior and student discounts For more information: Renophil.com or 775/323-6393 https://secure.ticketsage.net/we... Verdi wrote his Requiem Mass (1874) in memory of an Italian poet he admired, Alessandro Manzoni. This epic Mass draws upon the dramatic and expressive resources of a double choir, orchestra and four soloists to deliver a spiritual reading of the traditional Latin text of the Roman Catholic mass for the dead. The five bass drum strokes that open the "Dies Irae" [Day of Wrath], for example, attempt to strike fear of judgment into mortal hearts, while the c