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Nabucco

State Opera (Státní opera)Wilsonova 4, Prague, Central Bohemian Region, 110 00, République tchèque
Dates/horaires selon le fuseau horaire de Prague
dimanche 07 septembre 202517:00
samedi 20 septembre 202518:00
vendredi 03 octobre 202519:00
samedi 11 octobre 202519:00
mardi 28 octobre 202519:00
dimanche 07 décembre 202518:00
samedi 07 mars 202619:00
dimanche 15 mars 202618:00
jeudi 02 avril 202619:00
mardi 23 juin 202619:00
Montrer 1 dates supplémentaires
Programme
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)NabuccoLivret de Temistocle Solera
Artistes
Prague State Opera
Hermann BäumerDirection
Tomáš Ondřej PilařMise en scène
Petr VítekDécors
Dana HaklováCostumes
Daniel TesařLumières
Prague State Opera Chorus
Prague State Opera Orchestra
Jitka SlavíkováDramaturgie
Prague National Theatre Opera Ballet
Pupils of the Olga Kyndlová Ballet School
Martin ŠintákChorégraphie
Adolf MelicharChef de chœur
Marek ValášekChef de chœur
Vojtěch FülepComédien
Michal SoukupComédien
David KrálíkComédien
Vojtěch SvobodaComédien
Nikoloz LagvilavaBarytonNabucco
Stepan DrobitBarytonNabucco
Lilla LeeSopranoAbigaille
Oksana NosatovaSopranoAbigaille
Markéta CukrováMezzo-sopranoFenena
Stanislava JirkůMezzo-sopranoFenena
Ivo StanchevBasseZaccaria
Iurie MaimescuBasseZaccaria
Richard SamekTénorIsmaele
Maksym VoročekTénorIsmaele
Josef MoravecTénorIsmaele
Jan HnykBasseHigh Priest
Miloš HorákBaryton-basseHigh Priest
Vít ŠantoraTénorAbdallo
Michael SkalickýBarytonAbdallo
Michal BragagnoloTénorAbdallo
Veronika KaiserováSopranoAnna
Eliška GattringerováSopranoAnna

The opera Nabucco, depicting the dramatic story of the subjugation of the Israelites by the King of Babylon, ranks among Guiseppe Verdi’s most celebrated works. Phenomenal chorus scenes, extremely impassioned virtuoso arias, as well as the perennially topical themes of expansive war, lust for power, betrayal, life and death, are the reasons why it has always been a staple of opera houses’ repertoire.

The title hero is based on the historical figure of King Nebuchadnezzar II. The opera starts with a true event, the destruction of the Temple of Solomon in 587 BC. Yet the following conversion of Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar) to Judaism and the setting the Hebrews free from captivity in Babylon are the librettist’s fictional creations, as are the complicated relationships within the royal family, and the strife between Nabucco’s two stepdaughters, striving to win the love of the same man and gain the throne. Loosely blending true historical facts, a biblical legend and imagination, the libretto made it possible for Verdi to bring to bear fully for the first time his immense musical virtues. The colossal triumph of Nabucco, his third opera, at the world premiere at La Scala in Milan in 1842 opened for the 28-year-old composer the path to fame. The opera’s best-known number, the chorus “Va, pensiero, sull‘ali dorate” (“Fly, thought, on wings of gold”), expresses the Hebrew exiles’ hope for freedom.

In Verdi’s time, however, it became a symbol of the Italian patriots’ resistance to Austrian supremacy, an unofficial anthem of the endeavour for a unified Italy free from foreign control; and the chorus has retained its political meaning up to the present day. Just as Verdi’s librettist drew inspiration from the Bible, particularly Psalm 137, biblical symbolism is foregrounded by the stage director Tomáš Ondřej Pilař in his conception of Nabucco’s new State Opera production.

Nabucco par Tomáš Ondřej Pilař, nos comptes-rendus

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