Requiem Aeternum: The Requiems of Mozart and Salieri

Performance Dates:
Saturday, June 4, 2005 at 8:00 PM,
Sunday, June 5, 2005 at 4:00 PM

St. Joseph's Church
2nd and C Streets, NE

Featuring Danielle Talamantes, Soprano; Ingrid Cowan Hass, Contralto; Robert Petillo, Tenor; and Vladimir Ekzarkhov, Bass. Performed with full orchestra.

Concert notes:
Mozart and Salieri, contemporaries in Vienna, have been linked in controversy for centuries. Rimsky-Korsakov's opera and the movie "Amadeus" suggest that Salieri tried to poison and plagiarize Mozart. Clearly Mozart is a genius and his Requiem is a masterwork. But Salieri was a celebrated composer in Mozart's Vienna. Come to your own conclusion as the Chorale and a professional orchestra and soloists musically clarify a centuries old debate.

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