Christian Spuck’s Messa da Requiem with Ballett Zürich
After thunderous applause and standing ovations in Europe, choreographer Christian Spuck’s monumental production of Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece Messa da Requiem, featuring Ballett Zürich, will make its Australian debut in March with an exclusive season at the 2023 Adelaide Festival.
First performed in Milan in 1874, Verdi’s mighty Messa da Requiem is an oratorio with opera coursing through its veins. Christian Spuck – who won the 2019 Prix Benois de la Danse (the ballet world’s ‘Oscars’) for best choreography – thrusts this already spectacular work into a new orbit with 200 performers: Ballett Zürich dancers, plus choristers, soloists and musicians – together giving Verdi’s score physical shape; a huge mass of humanity conjuring all the emotions we universally associate with death and hope for redemption.
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Internationally celebrated German conductor Johannes Fritzsch will bring the production to life in partnership with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra while the Adelaide Festival Chorus – an 80-strong choral ensemble – will join sought-after soloists including acclaimed tenor Paul O’Neill, soprano Eleanor Lyons, mezzo soprano Caitlin Hulcup and bass Pelham Andrews. Christian Spuck integrates 200 singers, musicians and dancers into the maelstrom of his extraordinary stage design.
Note: this show is performed in Latin with no subtitles.
Dates & Times:
- Wednesday 8 March 2023 | 8pm
- Thursday 9 March 2023 | 8pm
- Friday 10 March 2023 | 8pm
- Saturday 11 March 2023 | 1pm
Tickets:
Tickets start at $69 – $319.
Tickets will go on sale on 8 September 2022 to the general public. The presale for Adelaide Festival Friends has now started.
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For more information and all enquiries please visit the Adelaide Festival website
What: Christian Spuck’s Messa da Requiem with Ballett Zürich
When: Wednesday 8 – Saturday 11 March 2023 | See times above
Where: Festival Theatre | Adelaide Festival Centre, King William St, Adelaide
Who: Everyone
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