The Lucerne KKL has announced a cast change for the Verdi Requiem.

The company said that Maria Teresa Leva will make her debut at Lucerne’s KKL, stepping in at the last minute for Ekaterina Bakanova for both performances of the Verdi Requiem, taking place Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

Leva is an Italian soprano who has performed at the Teatro Carlo Felice, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liege, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Festival Verdi, Semperoper Dresden, Arena di Verona and Teatro Comunale di Bologna, among others.

The soprano is set to join soloists Ulrike Malotta(mezzosoprano), Riccardo Della Sciucca (tenor) and Marian Pop (bass), under the baton of Manfred Obrecht who conducts the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana and the Coro dell’Opera di Parma.