Verdi: Requiem
Dies irae
In one of his non-operatic (yet no less dramatic) works, Verdi's Requiem -- written for the great Italian writer and patriot Alessandro Mazzoni -- we can hear Verdi using the chorus and soloists to their full dramatic power. The "Dies irae" ("Day of Wrath") depicts the day of final judgment.
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Rex traemendae majestatis
The choir sings the text "King of dreadful majesty," while the soloists plead to the "fount of mercy."
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