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This production is also available as part of a Queensland Ballet 2026 Season Package. For more information, .
Overview
Where music, movement, and mortality collide
Verdi’s monumental Messa da Requiem comes alive in Christian Spuck’s breathtaking staging, fusing voices, orchestra, and 36 dancers into a living sculpture of sound and movement.
From the whispered prayers to the thunderous Dies Irae, this work explores life, death, and the mystery beyond in a collision of opera, dance, and ritual. Featuring over 110 singers and Queensland Symphony Orchestra musicians, this unforgettable staging is both epic and intimate. A once-in-a-generation experience that transcends boundaries.
Creatives
- Choreographer Christian Spuck
- Stagers Daniel Mulligan, Katja Wunsche and Stephanie Lenzen
- Music Giuseppe Verdi
- Set Designer Christian Schmidt
- Costume Designer Emma Ryott
- Assistant to the Costume Designer Christopher Parker
- Lighting Designer Martin Gebhardt
- Revival Lighting Designer Elfried Roller
- Conductor Simon Hewett
- Music performed by Queensland Symphony Orchestra
- Chorus Master Emily Cox
- Choir Brisbane Chorale and Canticum Chamber Choir
- Dramaturg Claus Spahn
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