Performance: Opera Roanoke and Blacksburg Master Chorale

Steven White, conductor Danielle Talamantes, soprano Barry Banks, tenor Weston Hurt, baritone Opera Roanoke, Blacksburg Master Chorale, Virginia Tech Choirs, and the Georgia Boy Choir come together for a production of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, a harrowing and timeless work written for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral, which was destroyed during the Battle of Britain in World War II. Hailed as a masterpiece, Britten’s work symbolizes the senselessness of war and the importance of reconciliation.