One night. One extraordinary sound

We are delighted to invite you to experience Verdi’s monumental Requiem live with Ealing Choral Society at London’s Royal Festival Hall — a work of astonishing scale, intimacy and emotional power.

From the hushed opening of the Requiem aeternam to the terrifying grandeur of the Dies irae, Verdi’s music moves effortlessly between the personal and the epic. Voices rise, brass thunder, strings tremble — and silence becomes part of the music.

Join us this June for an unforgettable evening.

A masterpiece that demands to be heard live

Verdi’s Requiem is not simply a piece of music. It is an event.

A vast orchestra. A magnificent chorus. Four solo voices. And a score that can shift in an instant from whispered prayer to overwhelming force.

Whether this is your first encounter with Verdi’s Requiem or a work you return to again and again, hearing it performed live reveals something new: the extraordinary range of colour, tension and human emotion contained within every movement.

Verdi’s Requiem

Written in memory of the Italian poet and novelist Alessandro Manzoni, Verdi’s Requiem was first performed in Milan in 1874. Although rooted in the Catholic Mass for the Dead, Verdi created something uniquely his own: music that confronts mortality, fear, hope and redemption with almost operatic intensity. It is sacred music with the heart of theatre; and in the Royal Festival Hall, its extraordinary forces will fill the space around you.

Royal Festival Hall

Southbank Centre · London

Take your seat in one of London’s most celebrated concert venues and experience Verdi’s masterpiece at full scale.

Whether you are making an evening of it with friends, marking a special occasion or simply looking for a concert you will remember long after the final note, this is an experience made for the live stage.