Nabucco (2004)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Alberto Gazale

Nabucco

Susan Neves

Abigaille

Orlin Anastassov

Zaccaria

Yasu Nakajima

Ismaele

Annamaria Popescu

Fenena

Sabrina Modena

Anna

Alessandro Cosentino

Abdallo

Alberto Rota

Il Gran Sacerdote di Belo

Director & Crew

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