The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco

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'.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Music,

Drama

Duration:

180 minutes

Year:

2024

Director:

Elijah Moshinsky

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Company:

The Metropolitan Opera

Cast:

King Nabucco

Abigaille

Fenena

Ismaele

High Priest Zaccaria

Crew:

Conductor

Music

Production Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design