The concert starts at approximately 13 minutes and ten seconds.

Music Director Riccardo Muti, continuing the great Italian operatic conducting tradition, leads the combined forces of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in concerts celebrating Verdi’s 200th birthday.

Program Notes for the CSO’s Verdi Requiem (pdf)

“The greatest Verdi conductor of our time was on fire, and so were the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.”
–Chicago Tribune

VERDI REQUIEM MASS

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RICCARDO MUTI conductor
TATIANA SERJAN soprano
DANIELA BARCELLONA mezzo-soprano
MARIO ZEFFIRI tenor
ILDAR ABDRAZAKOV bass
CHICAGO SYMPHONY CHORUS
DUAIN WOLFE chorus director