Nabucco
tt2704270. Nabucco (2004) Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova. Verdi / Italian.
Overview
Live performance at Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, June 2004. Original stage production by Operhaus Zurich. DVD: Dynamic, live recording Cat: 33465. Nabucco (short for Nabucodonosor, English Nebuchadnezzar) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the Biblical story and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue. It is VerdiÕs third opera and the one which is considered to have permanently established his reputation as a composer. Nabucco follows the plight of the Jews as they are assaulted, conquered, and subsequently exiled from their homeland by the Babylonian King Nabucco (in English, Nebuchadnezzar). The historical events are used as background for a romantic and political plot.
Director
Jonathan Miller
Top Cast
Alberto Gazale
Nabucco
Susan Neves
Abigaille
Orlin Anastassov
Zaccaria
Yasu Nakajima
Ismaele
Annamaria Popescu
Fenena
Sabrina Modena
Anna
Alessandro Cosentino
Abdallo
Alberto Rota
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