Leontyne Price Sings "Libera Me" from the Verdi Requiem

This Friday (Jan. 27) marks the passing of the great Italian opera

composer Giuseppe Verdi 111 years ago. One of his most enduring

compositions is the Manzoni Requiem. Here is the last section, "Libera

Me" with soprano and chorus, here sung by Leontyne Price under the

baton of Herbert von Karajan conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of La

Scala.  Recorded live in 1967 and available on Deutsche Grammophon,

this is a performance for the ages.

Joseph K. So