Nabucco

Verdi – Nabucco – Daniel Oren

Nabucco, Verdi's "Jewish" opera in a special production - with the mountain of Masada as a natural towering backdrop, with special lighting and sound effects - will be conducted by Daniel Oren and performed by international opera singers, the Israeli Opera Chorus and the Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion.
Directed by Massimo Gasperon and Ronen Peled.
Dates: 3 & 5 June 2010 

Nabucco is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the biblical story and the play by Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornu. It was Verdi’s third opera and it is considered to have permanently established his reputation as a composer. Nabucco follows the plight of the Jews as they are assaulted and subsequently exiled from their homeland by the Babylonian King Nabucco. Its first performance took place on March 9, 1842 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

Characters

Nabucco, King of Babylon
Abigaille, Nabucco's supposed daughter
Fenena, Nabucco's real daughter
Zaccaria, the Hebrews High Priest
Ismaele, nephew of the King of Jerusalem
Anna, Zaccaria's sister
High Priest of Baal
Abdallo, official of Nabucco's court

Hebrews, Levites, Assyrians, vestals and soldiers.
Setting: 586 B. C. in Jerusalem and Babylon.

Artists

Nabucco: Alberto Gazale, Sergey Murzaev, Devid Cecconi
Zaccaria: Paata Burchuladze
Abigaille: Dimitra Theodossiou, Baysa Dashnyam
Ismaele: Nazzareno Antinori
Fanena: Eufemia Tufano, Tiziana Carraro
High Priest: Carlo Striuli
Abdallo: Felix Livshitz
Anna: Lilia Gretsova

Read Nabucco's synopsis >>

Verdi's Opera Aida Conducted by Daniel Oren with international opera singers He Hui (as Aida), Piero Giuliacci, Burchuladze Paata & Carlo Striuli