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The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco

70 %|Jan 6, 2024|Music, Drama

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'.

Featured Crew

Daniele Callegari
Conductor
Giuseppe Verdi
Music
Elijah Moshinsky
Production Design
Andreane Neofitou
Costume Design
Howard Harrison
Lighting Design
Temistocle Solera
Book
John Napier
Set Designer
Giuseppe Verdi
Writer

Cast

actor
George Gagnidze
King Nabucco
actor
Dmitry Belosselskiy
High Priest Zaccaria