London Symphony Orchestra - Missa da Requiem (Blu-ray) Hot Fantasies UPC: 760137229087

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Actors:       Samantha Robinson

One of the truly overwhelming successes in recent opera history: Christian Thielemann’s sensational return to the Wiener Staatsoper to conduct his first-ever performances there of Strauss

nor would it all have worked without a truly Festival-worthy cast of singers: the Finnish bass Martti Talvela

as well as this forgotten gem from 1973

London Symphony Orchestra - Missa da Requiem (Blu-ray) Hot Fantasies UPC: 760137229087This beautiful performance of the orchestra and chorus of La Scala Milan gives an insight into Abbado's rehearsal methods. The death of Alessandro Manzoni, whom Verdi almost religiously worshipped, in 1873 deeply affected Verdi, who was then already being admired as Italys greatest living composer and who was just going through a creative crisis. The Messa da Requiem is with Cast & Crew Director: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Director: EDINBURGH F