Verdi’s Requiem

HOUGH FAMILY FOUNDATION MASTERWORKS HOUGH FAMILY FOUNDATION MASTERWORKS Verdi’s Requiem Featuring The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay Conductors Guest Artists Felicia Moore, soprano, Michelle DeYoung, mezzo, Issachah Savage, tenor, Peixin Chen, bass, Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, Heather Mitchell, artistic director Pre-Concert Conversations: Get the real story behind the composers and their music, straight from the conductor and guest soloists. Starts one hour before each Masterworks concert in the theater. Included free with each concert ticket. Sponsored by The Ruth & J O Stone Foundation. Verdi: Requiem Under the direction of Michael Francis, Verdi’s Requiem becomes a full-body experience. From the very first notes — a hushed, almost fragile prayer — you can sense the scale of what’s coming. And then it hits: the “Dies Irae,” a thunderclap of sound that feels like it shakes the room. Joining the orchestra is the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, bringing immense emotional weight to Verdi’s towering choral writing. At its core, the Requiem is a meditation on life, death and what might come after, but it never feels distant or abstract. It’s immediate, visceral and deeply personal. One moment pulls you inward. The next takes your breath away. It’s something you feel. Long after the final note fades.