


Although it was premiered in a church, just three days later Verdi brought his Requiem to Milan’s La Scala opera house and cast the lead singers from his latest opera Aida as its four vocal soloists. Verdi’s “Requiem” had received its world premiere performance almost exactly one year earlier – on May 22, 1874t o be exact – at the Church of San Marco in Milan, a performance also conducted by the composer. premiere of Verdi’s Requiem Mass, a brand-new sacred work to be conducted by the composer himself. On today’s date that year a chorus of over 1000 and an orchestra of 150 assembled at Royal Albert Hall to give the U.K. If you Google “Verdi” and “Royal Albert Hall,” you’ll probably be directed to a very fine Italian restaurant named after the famous Italian opera composer that is located in that famous British concert venue, but back in 1875 the combination of Verdi and the Royal Albert Hall meant not a hot meal but a hot ticket for Londoners.
