Just in: A Verdi Requiem will be sung for Grenfell Tower victims
mainThe opera company nearest to the site of the disaster, Opera Holland Park, will perform Verdi’s Requiem on August 1 to raise funds for the victims – among whom is one cherished member of OHP’s staff.
Tickets have just gone on sale online.
The soloists will be Anne Sophie Duprels, Yvonne Howard, Neal Cooper and Barnaby Rea, with the Opera Holland Park Chorus, the City of London Sinfonia and conductors Sian Edwards and Peter Robinson.
very noble deed ( as BBC could have probably added “indeed”) … after that who can say the classical music and score human values are not synonyms
Aexander,
Here are two laments from Ireland for the victims of the fire, one instrumental, Davy Spillane playing Caoineadh Cu Chulainn on Uilleann Pipes, the other is Mary Black singing the lament Mo Ghile Mear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTgfhy8dpsc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDlCM_Mwtys
Who are supposed to be the target audience?
don’t you want to join ?
Is it compulsory?
not of course
Since it’s a fundraiser for those affected, I’d think the “target audience” would be anyone who wants to help.
How odd that this question even arises?
Oh, it’s pretty clear what “fan” is doing. The question is questionable, if you will, but it’s not at all surprising that someone would ask it.
Not that odd. There’s a real risk that something like this can look a bit mawkish and opportunistic – a bunch of classical musicians jumping on the bandwagon to get some press coverage. I’m sure it’s being done with the best of intentions, but there is a risk of the wrong perception unless very sensitively handled.
Given one of our longest serving members of staff died in the fire, I think we can be trusted to avoid mawkishness. We will raise over £30,000 for a charity we have worked with for many years and who are at the heart of the aftermath. Thankfully, the response appears to have reassured us the event is appropriate.
Thanks
Nice.
Certainly a noble cause, I never knew you needed 2 conductors to perform the Verdi Requiem
Presumably one of them is the conductor of the chorus. (The conductor of the chorus would not conduct in the performance but would do virtually all the preparation of the chorus so they could be ready to perform the piece after only one or two rehearsals with the orchestra.)
Indeed – or even the conductor for the offstage trumpets. I just thought it a bit odd to see 2 conductors billed like that though.
It is really about collegiate, collective remembrance. Both conductors are working our two final shows.
I listened to the “Vissi d’arte” — not one for the history books, but she certainly sounded good enough to sing at regional houses (and not that people were quite so preoccupied with opera singers’ looks at that time, but she certainly had the looks and temperament for the role).
^ Oops! Commented on the wrong thread. This obviously belongs on the Gina Lollobridiga thread.
Very appropriate response to the tragedy. I wish I could be there.