Forget, for a moment, the legend and the lustre. If you knew nothing about Riccardo Muti’s half-century of history with Verdi’s Messa da Requiem for the writer-patriot Alessandro Manzoni – he first ...

Riccardo Muti’s mercurial approach to his great compatriot’s Requiem was exciting at first, but it proved increasingly ...

Famous Romantic composers include Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mahler, and Verdi – to name but a few! The Romantic era is known for its intense energy and passion. The rigid forms of classical music gave way ...

In 1848, for a French-language production of Nabucco at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Giuseppe Verdi was asked to compose ballet music—a requirement of French grand opéra.

GCSE Music Revision: Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 Movement 1 AQA Symphony No. 1 Movement 1 is a classical piece of music ... thought to sound like raindrops. Verdi: Requiem - AQA The Dies Irae ...

On the evidence of the 83-year-old maestro’s performance with the same orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall last night, the answer would have to be a resonant affirmative. The Philharmonia Chorus ...