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Work: Nabucco

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ComposerVerdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
PeriodRomantic
LibrettistTemistocle Solera
Year1842
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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VeronaNabucco

Fondazione Arena di Verona
Verdi: Nabucco
Michele Spotti; Stefano Poda; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Sebastiano Rolli

MacerataNabucco

Macerata Opera & Ballet
Verdi: Nabucco
Fabrizio Maria Carminati; Paul-Emile Fourny; Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana; Coro Lirico Marchigiano "Vincenzo Bellini"; Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar; Anastasia Bartoli

PragueNabucco

Prague National Theatre
Verdi: Nabucco
Hermann Bäumer; Tomáš Ondřej Pilař; Prague National Theatre Opera; Anna Pozidis; Andriy Yurkevych; Petr Vítek; Dana Haklová
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Anna Netrebko gatecrashes Riccardo Chailly’s La Scala farewell

Anna Netrebko (Abigaille) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly’s final new production as artistic director is a celebration of Verdi and of a conductor whose relationship with the Milanese audience has clearly deepened over the years.
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Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples

Ludovic Tézier (Nabucco) © Luciano Romano
Andreas Homoki’s staging at the Teatro di San Carlo, setting aside a few inconsistencies with the libretto, does not indulge in redundant symbolism. 
***11
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Fine music-making redeems dull production in COC’s Nabucco

Mary Elizabeth Williams (Abigaille) and Rihan Chaieb (Fenena) © Michael Cooper
The Canadian Opera Company’s season opening production is musically excellent, but the dated, dull production adds little. 
***11
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