Release Date

06 Jan, 2024

Runtime

03:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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'.

Original Title

The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco

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Actors

George Gagnidze

Liudmyla Monastyrska

Maria Barakova

SeokJong Baek

Dmitry Belosselskiy

Crew

Daniele Callegari

Giuseppe Verdi

Andreane Neofitou

Howard Harrison

Temistocle Solera

John Napier

Giuseppe Verdi

Elijah Moshinsky

Elijah Moshinsky