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Orchestra of Santa Cecilia

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Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)Messa da Requiem
Performers
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Sir Antonio PappanoConductor
Hibla GerzmavaSoprano
Sylvie Brunet-GrupposoMezzo-soprano
Joseph CallejaTenor
Carlo ColombaraBass
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Read our review
Italian blood and thunder in the most operatic of Requiems
Mark Pullinger, 19th May
Hans von Bülow taunted that Verdi’s Requiem was just another of his operas “in ecclesiastical garb’”. It’s difficult to disagree when dispatched with as much operatic fervour as Antonio Pappano mustered here. 
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Carlo ColombaraCoro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa CeciliaGiuseppe VerdiHibla GerzmavaJoseph CallejaMessa da RequiemOrchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa CeciliaSir Antonio PappanoSylvie Brunet-Grupposo
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