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Opera Roanoke and Blacksburg Master Chorale: Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem"

  • Street and Davis Performance Hall, Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre 190 Alumni Mall Blacksburg, VA 24061 United States (map)

Opera Roanoke, Blacksburg Master Chorale, Virginia Tech Choirs, and the Georgia Boy Choir come together for a production of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, a harrowing and timeless work written for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral, which was destroyed during the Battle of Britain in World War II. Hailed as a masterpiece, Britten’s work symbolizes the senselessness of war and the importance of reconciliation. The work is performed in Latin with English supertitles.

Later Event: May 20
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