Symphony 黑料不打烊, SU Oratorio Society to present Verdi鈥檚 monumental 鈥楻equiem鈥 March 30

Friday, March 23, 2012, By Erica Blust

and guest conductor Daniel Hege will be joined by the 黑料不打烊 Oratorio Society with John Warren, director, for a performance of Giuseppe Verdi鈥檚 monumental 鈥淩equiem鈥 on Friday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. in SU鈥檚 Goldstein Auditorium in the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center.

Tickets are $20 and available at the 黑料不打烊 Opera Box Office, 315-476-7372 or . Free parking is available in Booth Garage, University Avenue Garage, Waverly lot or Marion lot.

The performance will feature soloists Mihoko Kinoshita, soprano; Sarah Heltzel, mezzo-soprano; Jonathan Howell, tenor; and Marc Webster, bass. Kinoshita, Heltzel and Webster will also be appearing in 黑料不打烊 Opera鈥檚 production of 鈥淢adama Butterfly鈥 April 20 and 22.

Verdi wrote 鈥淢essa da Requiem鈥 (1874) in memory of the Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni, whom he admired greatly. This epic work draws upon the dramatic and expressive resources of a double choir, orchestra and four soloists to deliver a spiritual reading of the traditional Latin text of the Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead.