Details
Great Hall - Dartington Hall
Dartington
Totnes
Devon
TQ9 6EL
England
Programme
Giuseppe Verdi – Requiem
Performers
Catherine Hamilton – soprano
Martha McLorinan – mezzo-soprano
Peter Davoren – Tenor
Frederick Long – Bass
Simon Dunbavand – Conductor
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Sinfonietta
Programme Note
Dartington Community Choir with the Dartington Sinfonietta, conductor Simon Dunbavand presents Verdi’s dramatic Requiem.
Verdi’s operatic Requiem was composed in memory of the Italian poet and novelist Alessandro Manzoni, who was profoundly admired by Verdi. It was first performed on 22 May 1874, on the first anniversary of Manzoni’s death.