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Alan Gilbert Conducts the Verdi Requiem

June 2, 2023, 9:00 pm

Alan Gilbert

Alan Gilbert conducts Giuseppe Verdi’s operatic Requiem Mass setting and is joined by soprano Angela Meade, mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi, tenor Russell Thomas, and bass-baritone Eric Owens. The New York Choral Artists, 80 members strong, was prepared by Joseph Flummerfelt.

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Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Angela Meade, soprano; Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano; Russell Thomas, tenor; Eric Owens, bass-baritone; New York Choral Artists: dir. Joseph Flummerfelt

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Alan Gilbert Conducts the Verdi Requiem

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