Armenian national choir to perform Berlioz’s Requiem for first time in 45 years

One of the most powerful and emotionally charged works in world music, Hector Berlioz’s Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), will be performed in Armenia for the first time in 45 years on 23 December.

The concert will take place at the Alexander Spendiaryan National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet in Yerevan. It will feature the Armenian National Academic Choir alongside the orchestra of the National Opera and Ballet Theater, conducted by renowned maestro Hovhannes Tchekidjian.

According to the Opera Theater, the Armenian National Academic Choir last performed this monumental work during a concert tour in Lithuania in 1980. Decades later, Armenian audiences will once again have the opportunity to experience Berlioz’s masterpiece live.