Tutto Verdi - The Complete Operas Boxset Disc 27: Messa da Requiem (2012) [Full Blu-ray]

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, the Teatro Regio di Parma and Unitel ClassiCa have joined forces to realize a truly unique project. Up to the Verdi anniversary year 2013, all of the composer’s 26 operas, as well as the Requiem – which is closely related to the operas – will be performed and audiovisually recorded in and around Parma. For the first time ever, and on time for the composer’s anniversary, Verdi’s operatic oeuvre, which comprises the labor of more than 50 years, will be available in high definition and surround sound.
The Messa da Requiem is a musical setting of the Roman Catholic funeral mass (Requiem) for four soloists, double choir and orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi. It was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist who was admired by Verdi. The first performance, at the San Marco church in Milan on 22 May 1874, marked the first anniversary of Manzoni's death. The work was at one time called the Manzoni Requiem. Although originally composed for liturgical purposes, in modern days it is rarely performed in liturgy, but rather in concert form of around 85–90 minutes in length. Musicologist David Rosen calls it 'probably the most frequently performed major choral work composed since the compilation of Mozart's Requiem.

Bonus
Verdi’s Backyard (documentary)

Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: Francesco Meli (Tenor), Sonia Ganassi (Mezzo Soprano), Riccardo Zanellato (Bass),Dimitra Theodossiou (Soprano)
Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov
Orchestra/Ensemble: Parma Teatro Regio Orchestra, Parma Teatro Regio Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Italy



Production: C Major
Runtime: 1:36:25
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS,LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 29932 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: Italian LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#2: Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2442 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese