The Messa da Requiem is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass (Requiem) for four soloists, double choir and orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi.

Verdi’s awe-inspiring Requiem lends the drama of opera to a deeply personal expression of grief. Although it follows the shape of a Requiem mass, Verdi never intended this powerful and...

Requiem, requiem mass by Giuseppe Verdi, intended as a memorial to a departed hero—the poet, playwright, and novelist Alessandro Manzoni. Requiem premiered in Milan on May 22, 1874. It is …

Aug 30, 2018 · What spurred Verdi to write his Requiem? Initially, it was the death of Rossini in November 1868. Giuseppe V erdi and several other Italian composers wanted to mark the event by …

May 22, 2025 · Discover the fascinating story behind Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ – one of the most famous settings of the Catholic funeral mass.

If you’ve enjoyed National Philharmonic and Cantate’s performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, consider using the resources at the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center to learn …

Upon hearing of his death, Verdi resolved to complete a Requiem—this time entirely of his own writing—for Manzoni. Verdi travelled to Paris in June, where he commenced work on the Requiem, …

Within its vast emotional content, the Requiem covers every shade of operatic expression that Verdi every conjured, from the most inward and fragile to the most extrovert and violently passionate.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. Exaudi orationem meam, ad te omnis caro veniet. Requiem aeternam …

Variously called Verdi's "latest opera in church vestments" and "an opera written to a sacred text", the Verdi Requiem (1874), like the earlier one of Berlioz (1837), is a large-scale, opera-dominated piece …