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An amazing Verdi Requiem in Adelaide: can music really be so good?

By Brian Angus, 29 August 2015
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Reviewed at Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre, Adelaide on 28 August 2015
Programme
Verdi, Messa da Requiem
Performers
Timothy Sexton, Conductor
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Teresa LaRocca, Soprano
Elizabeth Campbell, Mezzo-soprano
Diego Torre, Tenor
Douglas McNicol, Baritone
State Opera South Australia Chorus
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Brian Angus
Brian Angus
Brian is a lover of opera, and has enjoyed attending operas for over forty years. Brian has very catholic tastes; favourite classic composers are Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi, contemporary composers John Adams and Jake Heggie, and a curiosity about Stockhausen’s music. He is always seeking opportunities to expand his appreciation of the world of music and opera.