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Verdi's Operatic Requiem Featured This Weekend

John Clare
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TPR Arts

This weekend the San Antonio Symphony is joined by soloists and choirs to present Verdi's Requiem. The program will include three choirs and four soloists, in addition to a full orchestra.

"It was natural to feature Verdi during this anniversary," says conductor Sebastian Lang-Lessing. "It truly is operatic, and you'll hear that with our amazing soloists, choruses."

April 12 & 13, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre

  • Sebastian Lang-Lessing conducts the San Antonio Symphony
  • with San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers, University of Texas at San Antonio Concert Choir, Trinity University Choir
  • and Ana María Martínez, soprano; Geraldine Chauvet, mezzo; Dimitri Pittas, tenor; and Lester Lynch, baritone.

There is more online at www.sasymphony.org and read the program notes for a more complete story of this piece and Verdi's history with religion.

John Clare is comfortable behind a microphone, streaming video or playing violin. A former broadcaster for NPR, John has previously worked with Voice of America, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and stations in Kansas, Nevada, California, and Pennsylvania.