Verdi’s Requiem is one of the major works in this genre in the 19th century. It demands just about everything of the choral singer: rapidly-changing harmonies, also in distant keys, and some tremendously fast tempi serve the liturgy, to which drama is added by musical means. The apocalypse has never sounded more beautiful than in the famous "Dies Irae"! But each choral singer must be in good voice so that he or she can give expression to the fear of damnation and the hope of redemption in equal ...