The Verdi Chorus first started performing in 1983 at the old Verdi Ristorante di Musica in Santa Monica under the direction of soprano and former Pasadena City College opera program director Anne Marie Ketchum De La Vega, our Artistic Director.
The Verdi Chorus presents two concert weekends (performances on Saturday and Sunday) each year as well as other collaborative events, and brings the beauty of grand opera choruses to community audiences. It offers performance opportunities to both aspiring and established singers.
WE ARE
THE JUDGMENT OF EGYPTIAN PRIESTS
THE VOICE OF REVELERS ON A CHRISTMAS EVE IN PARIS
THE OUTCRY OF SLAVES IN BONDAGE
THE SONG OF ALL THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN
THE WEEPING OF EXILES IN CIVIL WAR
THE SOUND THE SUN MAKES AT DAWN
THE CURSES, THE RAGE
THE MADNESS, THE GLORY
WE ARE THE VOICE OF BEETHOVEN
AND STRAUSS AND PUCCINI AND WAGNER
WE ARE THE MUSIC OF THE HUMAN HEART IN LOVE
WE ARE THE VERDI CHORUS