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Nabucco at La Scala: Verdi's score in the hands of a special maestro

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“The solemn brass trickled, the lyrical strings flowed and the driving rhythms exploded”
Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 24 October 2017
Verdi, Nabucco
Teatro alla Scala
Nello Santi, Conductor
Daniele Abbado, Director
Alison Chitty, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Leo Nucci, Nabucco
Martina Serafin, Abigaille
Anna Pirozzi, Abigaille
Annalisa Stroppa, Fenena
Stefano La Colla, Ismaele
Mikhail Petrenko, Zaccaria
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