Oregon Bach Festival 2014 concludes with Verdi 'operatic' Requiem

Jul 08, 2014 891

Last October's 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth unleashed a flurry of performances of the Verdi Requiem that hasn't subsided. This most operatic of Requiems concludes the 2014 Oregon Bach Festival Sunday in Eugene.

What makes this performance especially tantalizing is its young but proven solo quartet: soprano Tamara Wilson, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, tenor Russell Thomas, all Americans, and Chinese bass-baritone Shenyang. Each has won a major competition: Wilson and Thomas were winners of Barcelona's Francisco Viñas Competition and sing Verdi roles internationally.

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Source: http://www.oregonlive.com

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