La vera storia del Requiem di Verdi

Behind the first liturgical performance in the church of S. Marco in Milan of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem Mass there was not only a tribute from the composer to Alessandro Manzoni but an intelligent diplomatic operation aimed at obtaining peace and conciliation between the post-unification Italian State and the Church of Pius IX prisoner in the Vatican. The book delves into the political, social and cultural context that produced Verdi's "Requiem" and reconstructs the first performance from a liturgical point of view.