Göteborgs Konserthus Verdi’s Requiem

Event has already taken place. Feel the power of one of history's most powerful choir pieces! With the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor, Christina Nilsson soprano, Katarina Karnéus mezzosoprano, Adam Frandsen tenor and Tareq Nazmi basso.

Concert length: 1 h 30 min no intermission Scene: Stora salen
380-540 SEK Student 190-270 SEK Young up to 29 190-270 SEK

Event has already taken place

The Gothenburg Symphony brings out the biggest drum in a requiem for our time. This “opera in church dress” requires great expressions with choir and soloists. Giuseppe Verdi could set tumult, fury and regret like no one else. Hotly requested Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts. 

Can you experience history’s most dramatic requiem live without getting the shivers? The bass drum goes through bone and marrow, the choirs rage and the four soloists step in from their toes to whisper in pianissimo the next moment. 

Opera composer Verdi had all the tools to create an extremely effective requiem with a max. He had already written many successful operas with such good melodies that they were played and sung by street musicians and ordinary people. This made him a wealthy man. From producing a new opera every six to nine months, he took a sixteen-year hiatus from composing, with the exception of the Requiem, his personal interpretation of the Catholic mass. 

The piece is performed more often in concert halls than in churches. No one has set the words “Deliver me”, “Wrath of God” and “Fearful King” to music more clearly. You may also recognize the music from the films Django Unchained, Mad Max: Fury Road and Armageddon.

Colombian conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada is one of today’s most sought-after conductors and has previously performed Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms. Andrés Orozco-Estrada last visited the Gothenburg Symphony in 2019. 

Autumn cosiness after concert 27 October

Right after Verdi’s Requiem on Friday 27 October, you are invited to mingle in the Götaplats foyer while the autumn evening descends. The bars are open and musicians from the Gothenburg Symphony set the mood as the autumn evening descends. The event takes place in connection with Kulturnatta. Free entry, open until 23.00.

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Friday 27 October 2023: The event ends at approx. 19.30
Saturday 28 October 2023: The event ends at approx. 16.30

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