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Nabucco in Prague: a handsome production that tries to do too much

Ivo Stánchev (Zaccaria)
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National Theatre Opera Ballet
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Stepan Drobit (Nabucco)
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Lilla Lee (Abigaille)
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“the calamity and passion missing onstage were all in the music, which ran the full emotional gamut”
Reviewed at State Opera (Státní opera), Prague on 21 March 2024
Verdi, Nabucco
Andriy Yurkevych, Conductor
Piotr Staniszewski, Conductor
Tomáš Ondřej Pilař, Director
Petr Vítek, Set Designer
Dana Haklová, Costume Designer
Daniel Tesař, Lighting Designer
Prague State Opera Orchestra
Prague State Opera Chorus
Jitka Slavíková, Dramaturgy
Nikoloz Lagvilava, Nabucco
Stepan Drobit, Nabucco
Lilla Lee, Abigaille
Oksana Nosatova, Abigaille
Markéta Cukrová, Fenena
Stanislava Jirků, Fenena
Ivo Stanchev, Zaccaria
Iurie Maimescu, Zaccaria
Richard Samek, Ismaele
Josef Moravec, Ismaele
Jan Hnyk, High Priest
Miloš Horák, High Priest
Vít Šantora, Abdallo
Michal Bragagnolo, Abdallo
Veronika Kaiserová, Anna
Eliška Gattringerová, Anna
Martin Šinták, Choreography
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