Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi
Nabucco
When Verdi experienced booing during the performance of his comical opera King for a Day, he decided to never write an opera again.
Thanks to the diplomacy of intendant Merelli of the Milan's La Scala, he received a libretto by Temistocle Solera about the biblical king Nebuchadnezzar that captured his attention, in particular the text for the subsequently famous Jewish choir 'Fly, Thought, On Golden Wings'. The premiere on 9 March 1842 on the La Scala stage was so successful that Verdi stopped doubting his composing talent and started writing one work after another. He became one of the most successful opera composers of the 19th century both in Italy and worldwide. His opera Nabucco, marking the start of his creative career, is still a living and up-to-date musical drama with the main idea of freedom.
Creators
- Musical arrangement:
- Norbert Baxa
- Conductors:
- Norbert Baxa / Jiří Štrunc
- Directed by:
- Tomáš Ondřej Pilař
- Stage Design and Costumes:
- Aleš Valášek
- Light Design:
- Antonín Pfleger
- Script Editor:
- Zbyněk Brabec
- Choirmaster:
- Zdeněk Vimr
- Assistant director:
- Jakub Hliněnský, Monika Hliněnská
- Musical preparation:
- Maxim Averkiev, Martin Marek
- Prompter:
- Matěj Vaňkát
- Stage manager:
- Petra Kuldová Tolašová
Prersons and actors
- Nabuchodonosor (Nabucco):
- Michele Kalmandy / Nikolaj Někrasov / Pavel Klečka
- Abigail:
- Csilla Boross / Ivana Šaková / Ivana Veberová
- Ismael:
- Paolo Lardizzone / Philippe Castagner
- Zachariáš, hebrejský velekněz:
- František Zahradníček / Jevhen Šokalo / Jan Hnyk
- Fenena, Nabuchodonosorova dcera:
- Václava Krejčí Housková / Jana Foff / Becca Conviser
- Baalův velekněz:
- Jan Hnyk / Daniel Klánský
- Abdall, důstojník:
- Tomáš Kořínek / Hector Manuel Mir
- Anna, Zachariášova sestra:
- Radka Sehnoutková / Hanna Chelberg / Adéla Skočilová
- Dvojnice Abigail:
- Anika Menclová
- Sbor a orchestr opery DJKT
Photos from the production
Photo author: Martina Root
- The opera will be performed in the Italian original with Czech and German subtitles.
- The length of the production is given including 1 intermission.