Reverence and beauty in Mariotti’s Verdi Requiem in Parma

Verdi's Requiem in the Teatro Regio di Parma

Michele Mariotti

Marina Rebeka, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Stefan Pop and Riccardo Zanellato

Por Mark Pullinger, 24 septiembre 2022

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“double bass pizzicatos tolling like funeral bells in the Lux aeterna”

Crítica hecha desde Teatro Regio di Parma, Parma el 23 septiembre 2022

Verdi, Messa da Requiem

Marina Rebeka, Soprano

Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzosoprano

Stefan Pop, Tenor

Riccardo Zanellato, Bajo

Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai

Michele Mariotti, Dirección

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Reverence and beauty in Michele Mariotti’s Verdi Requiem in Parma