Semyon Bychkov takes the baton leading an expert cast in what promises to be one of the highlights of this year’s PROMS season: Verdi’s Requiem. Criticised but ultimately loved for its operatic theatricality, Verdi’s Mass for the Dead is the ultimate in dramatic intensity.
Bychkov’s recent Cologne recording of the Requiem which featured Ferrucio Furlanetto has been much acclaimed and is available here (http://www.opusarte.com/en/requiem-bychkov-wdr-rundfunkchor-sacd-cd-hybrid-c1c2.html ). The stellar line-up also includes Marina Poplavskaya and Joseph Calleja, who both sang alongside Furlanetto in last year's Simon Boccanegra, starring Placido Domingo and recorded with the forces of the Royal Opera House – click here for details (http://www.opusarte.com/en/verdi-simon-boccanegra-royal-opera-chorus-orchestra-of-the-royal-opera-d1ed.html) .
Available as DVD and Blu-ray from Opus Arte: Marina Poplavskaya is the much praised Donna Anna in the Royal Opera House production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni; and Joseph Calleja as Alfredo stars alongside René Fleming in the Royal Opera House production of La Traviata.
Mozart – Don Giovanni – Royal Opera House
OA 1009 D (DVD) / OA BD7028 D (Blu-ray)
Verdi – La Traviata – Royal Opera House
OA 1040 D (DVD) / OA BD7076 D (Blu-ray)
Verdi – Simon Boccanegra – Royal Opera House
EMI Virgin Classics - Catalog Number: 917 8259 (DVD)
Verdi – Requiem – WDR Cologne and Semyon Bychkov
Profil - Catalog Number: PH08036 (CD)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2011/july-24/15
Sunday 24 July - 7.00pm – c. 8.40pm - Royal Albert Hall - Verdi - Requiem (86 mins)
- Marina Poplavskaya soprano
- Mariana Pentcheva mezzo-soprano
- Joseph Calleja tenor
- Ferruccio Furlanetto bass
- BBC Symphony Chorus
- BBC National Chorus of Wales
- London Philharmonic Choir
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Semyon Bychkov conductor