The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco (2024)
The success of Verdi’s third opera, a stirring drama about the fall of ancient Jerusalem at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco), catapulted the 28-year-old composer to international fame. The music and Verdi himself were subsumed into a surge of patriotic fervor culminating in the foundation of the modern nation of Italy. Specifically, the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves ('Va, pensiero'), in which the Israelites express their longing for their homeland, came to stand for the country’s aspirations for unity and that exciting era in Italian history, the Risorgimento, or 'Resurgence'.
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Casting arrow_drop_down
George Gagnidze
as King Nabucco
as King Nabucco
Liudmyla Monastyrska
as Abigaille
as Abigaille
Maria Barakova
as Fenena
as Fenena
SeokJong Baek
as Ismaele
as Ismaele
Dmitry Belosselskiy
as High Priest Zaccaria
as High Priest Zaccaria
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Crew arrow_drop_down
Daniele Callegari
Conductor
Conductor
Giuseppe Verdi
Music
Music
Elijah Moshinsky
Production Design
Production Design
Andreane Neofitou
Costume Design
Costume Design
Howard Harrison
Lighting Design
Lighting Design
Temistocle Solera
Book
Book
John Napier
Set Designer
Set Designer
Giuseppe Verdi
Writer
Writer
Elijah Moshinsky
Director
Director
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