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Nabucco goes to Hollywood, courtesy of Thaddeus Strassberger and LA Opera

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“Nabucco à la Ben Hur, down to the giant chariot on the curtain”
Reviewed at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles on 19 November 2017
Verdi, Nabucco
LA Opera
James Conlon, Conductor
Thaddeus Strassberger, Director, Set Designer
Mattie Ullrich, Costume Designer
Plácido Domingo, Nabucco
Liudmyla Monastyrska, Abigaille
Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Fenena
Mario Chang, Ismaele
Morris Robinson, Zaccaria
LA Opera Chorus
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