Requiem de Verdi
Event
On Good Friday, Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is celebrated, a magnificent work dedicated to death, where fear, absolution, peace and uncertainty are painted in a world as human as it is divine. Conducted by José Manuel Pinheiro, this Portuguese production brings together on stage the Ensemble Vocal Pro Musica, Coro Sinfónico Inês de Castro and Orquestra do Atlântico.
Premiered in May 1874, in Milan, this Requiem was created from the overcoming of an unsuccessful attempt of cooperation among 12 Italian composers in order to honour the composer Gioachino Rossini, who died in 1868. Verdi had done his part in this partnership, composing “Libera me”, but the project would not bear fruit. Nevertheless, Verdi’s desire to compose a sacred work did not cease: with the death of the influential Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni in 1873, Verdi found the excuse for his own complete and solely composition, taking the already composed “Libera me” as a starting point.
Premiered in May 1874, in Milan, this Requiem was created from the overcoming of an unsuccessful attempt of cooperation among 12 Italian composers in order to honour the composer Gioachino Rossini, who died in 1868. Verdi had done his part in this partnership, composing “Libera me”, but the project would not bear fruit. Nevertheless, Verdi’s desire to compose a sacred work did not cease: with the death of the influential Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni in 1873, Verdi found the excuse for his own complete and solely composition, taking the already composed “Libera me” as a starting point.
