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 ...

Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. The run-up to that event began with the death of Gioachino Rossini in 1868. Verdi viewed ...

The Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is a monumental work of the imagination — not so much a statement of belief as a translation of the Latin text's rich dramatic possibilities into the language of ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in today for Terry Gross. We're going to listen to and hear about a beautiful and awe-inspiring piece of music, Verdi's "Requiem," with our guest, conductor Yannick ...

1. First performed in 1874, Verdi’s setting of the Roman Catholic funeral mass (Requiem) was inspired by the death the previous year of Allesandro Manzoni, the Italian poet and novelist. The piece at ...