BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:20200308T190000Z UID: 680718633cb61 DTSTAMP:20250421T231739Z LOCATION:Centennial Hall DESCRIPTION:Verdi¡¯s "Messa da Requiem" is a religious and emotional work. The performance will feature a full chorus lead by Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Professor Jon Hurty.\n\n(Another performance will be offered at 8 p.m. March 7 at the Adler Theatre in Davenport.)\n\nOne hour prior to each Masterworks performance\, concert goers are invited to attend informal pre-concert conversations hosted by Kai Swanson to hear about the works being presented.\n\n"Messa da Requiem" is a musical setting of a Catholic funeral mass for four soloists\, double choir and orchestra. The soloists will be Alexandria Shiner\, soprano\; Daryl Freedman\, mezzo-soprano\; Cooper Nolan\, tenor\; and Steven Humes\, bass\n\nThe Requiem was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni\, an Italian poet and novelist whom Verdi admired. The first performance was in Milan\, Italy\, in 1874\, on the first anniversary of Manzoni's death.\n URL;VALUE=URI:/about-us/events/2019/masterworks-v-requiem SUMMARY:Masterworks V: Requiem DTSTART:20200308T190000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR