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

Verdi's Requiem in the Teatro Regio di Parma
© Roberto Ricci
Michele Mariotti
© Roberto Ricci
Marina Rebeka, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Stefan Pop and Riccardo Zanellato
© Roberto Ricci
By Mark Pullinger, 24 September 2022
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“double bass pizzicatos tolling like funeral bells in the Lux aeterna”
Reviewed at Teatro Regio di Parma, Parma on 23 September 2022
Programme
Verdi, Messa da Requiem
Performers
Marina Rebeka, Soprano
Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-soprano
Stefan Pop, Tenor
Riccardo Zanellato, Bass
Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Michele Mariotti, Conductor
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Mark Pullinger
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.