Verdi’s Requiem is, some say, his greatest opera: passionate emotions in a deeply powerful sacred drama of life and death itself. Great artists who aspire to touch the stars have their heroes. Verdi ...
Lyricism wins over discussion: Sebastian Kohlepp (Flamand), Stephen Marsh (Olivier), Peter Rose (La Roche), conductor Alexander Soddy, Malin Byström (Countess) and Bo Skovhus (Count) Capriccio images ...
Also this morning, we're remembering another teacher: Raphael Schachter, who was a Jewish prisoner in a concentration camp. More than 60 years ago, he taught fellow prisoners a way to defy their ...
Mstislav Rostropovich has conducted his last subscription concert as music director at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Wednesday night’s program, the Verdi Requiem, more or less ...
In an environment of little food, no medical care, disease, infestation, and fear for their lives, professional conductor Rafael Schachter and other Jews formed a chorus, memorized Giuseppe Verdi’s ...
One of the joys of Washington life is our regular exposure to the greatest works of the choral repertory. Two weeks ago, the Washington Bach Consort presented the "St. Matthew Passion"; last week, the ...
Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini (1886) - National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Requiem I. Introit (Requiem aeternam) & Kyrie II. Sequence (Dies irae) Tuba ...