“Dies Irae,” the “Day of Wrath” second movement in Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental Requiem (1874), is supposed to knock you on your ass. As the musical version of shock and awe, the vengeful Old Testament ...

As we approach the end of the 2025-26 season of the Spokane Symphony, the orchestra’s conductor and music director, James ...

Verdi’s Requiem is, some say, his greatest opera: passionate emotions in a deeply powerful sacred drama of life and death itself. Great artists who aspire to touch the stars have their heroes. Verdi ...

Verdi’s Requiem, the composer’s epic, dramatic, mood-swinging treatment of an ancient Catholic funeral mass, is a significant milestone for any conductor. “It’s one of those pieces that you study and ...