"Verdi's Dies Irae" New Music Video The Great Kat and Giuseppe Verdi! "Verdi's Dies Irae" is from Verdi's "Requiem" Funeral Mass by Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi composed his Mass for Alessandro Manzoni, a poet, which was first performed in 1874. The "Dies Irae" section of the Mass contains the famous fast runs, loud orchestral and timpani hits and dissonance - music to conjure the "Last Judgment" or "The Day Of Wrath". "Dies Irae" is a Latin hymn sung in a Requiem Mass most likely from the 13th Century or earlier. The first known melody set to "Dies Irae" was a Gregorian Chant (1185-1265). The Great Kat brilliantly shreds "Verdi's Dies Irae" on metal guitar with insanely fast guitar shredding, death metal hits and motifs. On this new music video, The Great Kat Guitar Shredder is the Shred Angel making judgement Day on the Day Of Wrath for the sinners! The Great Kat shreds her guitar on the famous "Verdi's Dies Irae" motifs in the graveyard under the tombstone. The Guitar Goddess does the ritualistic "Day Of Wrath" dance at the dark tomb. Shred Angel stops to take out her Judgement Day book to read and make her final decision. Great Kat slams her gavel down with her final decision! Then it's back to shredding and "Verdi's Dies Irae"! Transformed brilliantly by The Great Kat, "Verdi's Dies Irae" is shredded with HEAVY METAL VIRTUOSITY by the legendary Juilliard grad Violin/Guitar Goddess on Guitar with Great Kat's trademark solos, shredding, whammy bars and shred insanity! The Great Kat, Juilliard grad violin virtuoso and "Top 10 Fastest Shredders Of All Time" - Guitar One Magazine, is the famous guitar virtuoso shredding famous Verdi masterpieces and bringing genius music to a whole new generation with Guitar Shred Guitar Virtuosity! Genius!