Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Verdi’s Requiem is a powerful tribute to life eternal. Best known for the fateful drum strikes in its iconic Dies Irae, Verdi’s dramatic choral work offers a breathtaking journey through the stages of grief, ultimately ending in peaceful consolation. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus are joined by soprano Asmik Grigorian and other remarkable soloists for this transcendent masterpiece.

There will be a concert preview presentation one hour prior to the performance in Mandel Concert Hall with David Rothenberg, Professor of Music, Case Western Reserve University.

For more information, visit: clevelandorchestra.com/events/verdis-requiem

The Verdi Requiem concert is generously sponsored by Tony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris.

Joshua Guerrero's performance is generously sponsored by Peter M. Padegimas, in memory of Beverly A. Padegimas.

Support for The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus is provided by:

Robin Hitchcock Hatch
The Shari Bierman Singer Family
Charles M. Hoppel and Marianne Karwowski Hoppel