Nabucco 2004
Live performance at Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, June 2004. Original stage production by Operhaus Zurich. DVD: Dynamic, live recording Cat: 33465. Nabucco (short for Nabucodonosor, English Nebuchadnezzar) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the Biblical story and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue. It is VerdiÕs third opera and the one which is considered to have permanently established his reputation as a composer. Nabucco follows the plight of the Jews as they are assaulted, conquered, and subsequently exiled from their homeland by the Babylonian King Nabucco (in English, Nebuchadnezzar). The historical events are used as background for a romantic and political plot.
- Released: 2004-06-01
- Runtime: 140 minutes
- Genre: Music
- Stars: Alberto Gazale, Susan Neves, Orlin Anastassov, Yasu Nakajima, Annamaria Popescu
- Director: Jonathan Miller, Andrea Dorigo, Riccardo Frizza, Temistocle Solera, Giuseppe Verdi
- Source: Layarstar
