Opéra de Montréal pull out all the stops in Nabucco

By Alan Yu, 26 September 2014

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“Gavanelli's “Dio di Giuda” (Judah’s God) overflowed with genuine humility”

Reviewed at Place des Arts: Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Montreal on 25 September 2014

Verdi, Nabucco

Opéra de Montréal

Francesco Maria Colombo, Conductor

Thaddeus Strassberger, Director, Set Designer

Tatiana Melnychenko, Abigaille

Margaret Mezzacappa, Fenena

Antoine Bélanger, Ismaele

Paolo Gavanelli, Nabucco

France Bellemare, Anna

Pasquale D'Alessio, Abdallo

Jeremy Bowes, High Priest

Ievgen Orlov, Zaccaria

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Alan Yu

The first concert Alan attended was Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. For 7 years he presented classical music programmes for Radio Television Hong Kong, partly to pay his way through university. He attends concerts whenever he can and believes there is no substitute for the thrill of live performances. He writes here.