Prom 13: Verdi – Requiem
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Marina POPLAVSKAYA -
Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a BBC Proms performance of Verdi's Requiem © BBC/Chris Christodoulou -
Tenor Joseph Calleja sings in Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms, conducted by Semyon Bychkov. © BBC/Chris Christodoulou -
Soprano Marina Poplavskaya sings in Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms, conducted by Semyon Bychkov. © BBC/Chris Christodoulou -
Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a BBC Proms performance of Verdi’s Requiem. © BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Sunday 24 July 2011
7.00pm – c. 8.40pm
Royal Albert Hall
Choral music and singing events
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Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem (86 mins)- Marina Poplavskaya soprano
- Mariana Pentcheva mezzo-soprano
- Joseph Calleja tenor
- Ferruccio Furlanetto bass
- BBC Symphony Chorus
- BBC National Chorus of Wales
- London Philharmonic Choir
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Semyon Bychkov conductor
About this event
The ultimate in dramatic intensity, this extraordinary work speaks of heaven and hell, fire and earth, darkness and light in music that is as much theatrical as devotional.
The Requiem is always a special event - the more so when we have on the podium a Verdi specialist whose recent Cologne recording, which also featured Ferruccio Furlanetto, has been much acclaimed.
Tonight's stellar line-up also includes Marina Poplavskaya and Joseph Calleja, who both sang alongside Furlanetto in last year's Simon Boccanegra.
There will be no interval
