The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco

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The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco (2024)

Directed by Elijah Moshinsky

Music, Drama · 3h 00m

The success of Verdi’s third opera, a stirring drama about the fall of ancient Jerusalem at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco), catapulted the 28-year-old composer to international fame. The music and Verdi himself were subsumed into a surge of patriotic fervor culminating in the foundation of the modern nation of Italy. Specifically, the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves ('Va, pensiero'), in which the Israelites express their longing for their homeland, came to stand for the country’s aspirations for unity and that exciting era in Italian history, the Risorgimento, or 'Resurgence'.

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Cast

George Gagnidze King Nabucco Liudmyla Monastyrska Abigaille
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Maria Barakova Fenena SeokJong Baek Ismaele Dmitry Belosselskiy High Priest Zaccaria

Crew

Director
Elijah Moshinsky
Writer
Giuseppe Verdi

Details

Release date
2024-01-06
Runtime
3h 00m
Genres
Music, Drama
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
United States of America
Production
The Metropolitan Opera