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When the sacred becomes opera.<div> Two Italian masters, two sacred works where faith is expressed with the power of operatic theatre. Rossini's Stabat Mater is a flamboyant, intensely operatic prayer that transforms spiritual suffering into a true drama of voices, carried by soprano Joyce El-Khoury.</div><div><br></div><div> In contrast, Verdi's Messa solenne: a very rare early work of which only the Kyrie and the Gloria remain, already hinting at the dramatic impulse of the composer of Nabucco and Otello.</div><div><br></div><div> At their head, Speranza Scappucci, an Italian conductor with a strong lyricism, leads Insula orchestra and accentus – an orchestra on period instruments and a choir of excellence – for an evening of rare intensity.</div>