Messa per Rossini
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Classical Music, Opera, Theatre
Messa per Rossini - Hungarian premiere
Verdi and his contemporaries
-Buzzolla: Messa per Rossini - first movement (Introitus: Requiem - Kyrie)
-Bazzini: Messa per Rossini - second movement (Sequentia: Dies irae)
-Pedrotti: Messa per Rossini - third movement (Sequentia: Tuba mirum)
-Cagnoni: Messa per Rossini - fourth movement (Sequentia: Quid sum miser)
-Ricci: Messa per Rossini - fifth movement (Sequentia: Recordare Jesu)
-Nini: Messa per Rossini - sixth movement (Sequentia: Ingemisco)
-Boucheron: Messa per Rossini - seventh movement (Sequentia: Confutatis - Oro supplex)
-Coccia: Messa per Rossini - eighth movement (Sequentia: Lacrimosa - Amen)
-Gaspari: Messa per Rossini - ninth movement (Offertorium)
-Platania: Messa per Rossini - tenth movement (Sanctus)
-Rossi: Messa per Rossini - 11th movement (Agnus Dei)
-Mabellini: Messa per Rossini - 12th movement (Communio: Lux aeterna)
-Verdi: Messa per Rossini - 13th movement (Responsorium: Libera me)
When Rossini died in 1868, Verdi urged his compatriots to compose a requiem in memory of the departed master, with each composer taking on a single movement. The work was completed, but the originally planned premiere fell through, and it was not until 1988 that it was first played, in Stuttgart, with Helmuth Rilling conducting. At this All Saints' Day concert, the Müpa Budapest audience will get to witness what promises to be the unique experience of the Hungarian premiere, performed under the baton of Henrik Nánási by an international cast of soloists and the Hungarian Radio Music Ensembles.
Program and cast
Conductor:
Henrik Nánási
Featuring:
soprano
Mária Celeng
mezzo-soprano
Dorottya Láng
tenor
Giorgio Berrugi
baritone
Mihai Damian
bass
Liang Li
Hungarian Radio Choir (choirmaster: Zoltán Pad)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.