Nabucco at La Scala

Von James Imam, 27 Oktober 2017

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“The solemn brass trickled, the lyrical strings flowed and the driving rhythms exploded”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro alla Scala, Mailand, am 24 Oktober 2017

Verdi, Nabucco

Teatro alla Scala

Nello Santi, Musikalische Leitung

Daniele Abbado, Regie

Alison Chitty, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Leo Nucci, Nabucco

Martina Serafin, Abigaille

Anna Pirozzi, Abigaille

Annalisa Stroppa, Fenena

Stefano La Colla, Ismaele

Mikhail Petrenko, Zaccaria

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

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