27 September 2018, The Tablet
Fire of fear – and hope: Verdi's Requiem at Westminster Cathedral
We talk a lot about the theatricality of the Verdi Requiem, joke about it being the composer’s “greatest opera”, but it’s also a work of heartfelt emotions – fear, horror, loss, hope – a truthful, personal memorial. Performances that give blood and thunder but no humanity miss the point of a work designed as much to disquiet as impress.
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