Type: Requiem
Location: Felsenreitschule open-air cliffs, Salzburg Festival, Austria
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Program: Messa da Requiem
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Orchestra and choir: musicAeterna
Soloists: Asmik Grigorian, Saimir Pirgu
Year: 2019

Currentzis brings a strikingly dramatic vision to Verdi’s Requiem at this 1693 rocky outdoor stage. Leading the Russian orchestra and chorus he created, Currentzis approaches the work with a heightened sense of intensity and theatricality, revealing the Requiem’s operatic power alongside its profound introspection. Marked by bold contrasts and emotional immediacy, this interpretation presents Verdi’s sacred masterpiece as a vivid and deeply human experience, capturing the terror and the beauty.