Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Performance of Verdi's REQUIEM MASS Streamed by Over 30 Websites Worldwide Today

The culmination of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's (CSO) celebration of the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial is a live webcast of Verdi's Requiem Mass, performed by CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus, and soprano Tatiana Serjan, mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona, tenor Mario Zeffiri, and bass Ildar Abdrazakov. The concert will be live streamed around the world, and viewable on more than 30 websites worldwide. Riccardo Muti, CSO music director since 2010, is widely considered to be the greatest living interpreter of Verdi's music.

In addition to CSO.org/Verdi and RiccardoMutiMusic.com, websites in more than 12 countries-including Italy, Japan, Germany, France, Spain, the UK, Sweden, Austria, Canada and Taiwan-will carry the stream live and on demand following the performance.

In the U.S. and Canada, the webcast will be carried live at the websites of American Public Media /Minnesota Public Radio, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, WFMT, Naxos USA and Canada, WBEZ-FM 91.5,ChicagoOnTheAisle.com, Classical Voice North America, Chicago's Italian Cultural Institute, Italian American Chamber of Commerce and ChooseChicago, as well as at CSO.org/Verdi and facebook.com/ChicagoSymphony, the CSO's Facebook page.

In Europe, the webcast can be viewed on the websites of: RiccardoMutiMusic.com, RAI5, La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, Rome Opera, Ravenna Festival, Naples Conservatory and Sipario, in Italy; Die Welt and Klassik Radio in Germany, Kurier in Austria; Diapason, Qobuz and Le Figaro in France; Crescendo in Belgium; the Canary Islands Festival in the Canary Islands; Scherzo and WorldConcertHall.com in Spain; Pizzicato in Luxembourg; Sinfini in the UK; and the Birgit Nilsson Foundation in Sweden.

In Asia, the webcast can be viewed on the websites of MNA and MUZIK magazine in Taiwan; Interlude in Hong Kong; Credia in South Korea; and Tower Records in Japan.

For viewers in Chicago, the sold-out performance will be simulcast live in Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion on the new state-of-the-art LED screen, and at Benito Juarez Community Academy Performing Arts Center (1450 W. Cermak) in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. Admission to the live webcast and complimentary postconcert dessert reception at Benito Juarez Community Academy is free, but tickets are required. Tickets can be obtained by phone at800?223?7114 or 312-294?3000 or in-person at the Symphony Center box office: 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60604. Tickets are not required at Millennium Park.

Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "a glorious achievement," a recording of the Requiem released in 2010 by Maestro Muti, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Choruswon two Grammy Awards, including Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance. Reviewing the recording, the publication Sound and Vision said, "[Muti's] profound sense of the score and his mastery of the CSO forces are fully evident. The orchestral playing is incomparable."

For updates and more information, including videos featuring Maestro Muti discussing Verdi, checkCSO.org/Verdi and the CSO's Facebook page, and follow the hashtag #CSOVERDI on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Bank of America is the Global Sponsor of the CSO. Sponsorship of the Music Director and related programs is provided in part by a generous gift from the Zell Family Foundation. Generous support for the Verdi celebration is provided by Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum, Sylvia Neil and Dan Fischel, Jim and Kay Mabie, the Gilchrist Foundation, Julie and Roger Baskes, and Dr. and Mrs. Whitney Addington.

Complete program details:

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Special Concert

Thursday, October 10, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Tatiana Serjan, soprano
Daniela Barcellona, mezzo-soprano
Mario Zeffiri, tenor
Ildar Abdrazakov, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, chorus director

VERDI Requiem Mass