At the time of its premiere, the work was criticized by some as being too operatic in style for the religious subject matter. Well, what else should we expect, if it was penned by the master of Italian opera? Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem will resound at the Kraków Philharmonic on 2 and 3 March.
Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem
Edyta Piasecka – soprano
Elżbieta Wróblewska – mezzo-soprano
Pavlo Tolstoy – tenor
Patryk Rymanowski – bass
Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Charles Olivieri-Munroe – conductor
Teresa Majka-Pacanek – choirmaster