“Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín” will take the stage of The Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland on April 20, 2022.

Created by Murry Sidlin, the performance features Verdi’s Requiem performed alongside historic film and testimony from survivors of the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp during World War II where the Requiem was performed 16 times as an act of defiance.

Soloists include soprano Jennifer Check, mezzo-soprano Ann McMahon Quintero, tenor Cooper Nolan, and bass-baritone Nathan Stark. They will perform alongside the Orchestra of Terezín Remembrance, which will be joined by a chorus comprised of such regional ensembles as the American University Chamber Singers, The Catholic University of America Verdi Choir, Longwood University Camerata & Chamber Singers, University of Virginia Chamber Singers, Virginia Commonwealth University Commonwealth Singers, and the Virginia State University Concert Choir. Sidlin conducts.

This performance represents the 20^th anniversary of the production.