Nabucco (2004)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 2004-06-01
Runtime: 140 minutes
Director: Jonathan Miller
Top Cast
- Alberto Gazale as Nabucco
- Susan Neves as Abigaille
- Orlin Anastassov as Zaccaria
- Yasu Nakajima as Ismaele
- Annamaria Popescu as Fenena
- Sabrina Modena as Anna
- Alessandro Cosentino as Abdallo
- Alberto Rota as Il Gran Sacerdote di Belo
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