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Petite Messe Solennelle

Composed by Gioachino Rossini


Company Premiere

Sung in Latin

Nov 21, 22, 2008

The running time for this production is approximately 80 minutes.

In Rossini’s own words, “Is it indeed music for the blest that I have written, or just some blessed music?” In this effervescent concert work, the final masterpiece of a prolific opera composer in the twilight of his life, Maestro Plácido Domingo conducts a quartet of soloists—featuring tenor phenomenon Andrea Bocelli—with the Washington National Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Two performances only!

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Andrea Bocelli image Sabina Cvilak image Placido Domingo

Andrea

Bocelli

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Sabina

Cvilak

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Plácido

Domingo

 

Performers
Soloists

Andrea Bocelli*

Sabina Cvilak

   
Conductor

Plácido Domingo

   
* Company Debut