• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 16:9 - 1.78:1
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.05 x 13.97 x 1.91 cm; 109.71 Grams
• Director ‏ : ‎ Andrea Bevilacqua
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL, Classical, Surround Sound
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 33 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ 29 Jan. 2007
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Fiorenza Cedolins, Luciana D'Intino, Ramon Vargas
• Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Italian
• Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ German, English, French
• Language ‏ : ‎ Italian
• Studio ‏ : ‎ TDK
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

"Factories"Giuseppe Verdi - Messa Da Requiem"performers"Fiorenza Cedolins, Luciana D'Intino, Ramon Vargas, Rafal Siwek"Music"Orchestra Filamonica Arturo ToscaniniConductor: Zubin Mehta"Recording"January 30, 2005, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome"Messa Da Requiem"On the morning of December 26, 2004, at two minutes to eight, the ground under the Indian Ocean shook. It was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, triggering a tidal wave, a tsunami. More than 200,000 people fell victim to this, especially in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India. Almost two million residents were left homeless.The Orchestra Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini performed Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem, conducted by Zubin Mehta, to commemorate this harrowing event. All those involved - conductor, orchestra, choir and soloists - waived their fee and the reproduction rights in favor of the tsunami victims.

This was performed at Rome in January 2005 as a benefit concert. Being touched by the fact that the sale of the DVD proceeds to the victims of the tsunami in December 2004, I didn't hesitate to purchase it, Verdi's Requiem also being my favourite choral work. Under Mehta's baton, the Coro della Fondazione Arturo Toscanini and the Orchestra Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini perform passionately throughout. D'Intino (mezzo), Vargas (tenor) and Siwek (bass) are in really fine voice, but the wobbly decibels of Cedolins (soprano) spoil the whole performance, not to mention her inability to sustain even the shortest of phrases, as well as poor projection (she sings with a half-open mouth). As if this weren't enough, an insensitive member of the audience begins applauding before the conductor has lowered his hands: silence follows, then applause.