Performance

VenueSymphony Hall
Other spaces: The ICC
TownBirmingham
CountyWest Midlands
From21st March 2009
To21st March 2009
What is currently on at Symphony Hall (V148)

War Requiem

T1163747140
Author Benjamin Britten


Archive :: production:T1163747140, concert:S2074245950, venue:V148

Production details

With kind support of the Royal Albert Hall. To mark the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day, The Royal Opera will present a concert performance of Britten's War Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall. With text taken from the Requiem Mass and poems by Wilfred Owen, this great commemorative war elegy was first performed in Coventry Cathedral on 30th May 1962 to great critical and popular acclaim.

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Company

Producer Royal Opera
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Performer Ian Bostridge (English soldier)
Performer Thomas Hampson (German soldier - London)
Performer Simon Keenlyside (German soldier - Birmingham)
Performer Christine Brewer (soprano - London)
Performer Emma Bell (soprano - Birmingham)
Company Tiffin Boys' Choir
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