Tribute to Pavarotti: Verdi's Requiem September 18, 2008

The Metropolitan Opera will perform Verdi's Requiem Mass in commemoration of the first anniversary of the death of Luciano Pavarotti, who died on September 6, 2007. Music Director James Levine will conduct the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus with soloists Barbara Frittoli, soprano, Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano, Marcello Giordani, tenor, and James Morris, bass, in the concert at the Opera House. Tickets to the concert are free and will be distributed via a random drawing. The concert will also be carried live on the Metropolitan Opera on Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 78, and will be streamed live at the Met's web site, www.metopera.org.