The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco
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2024-01-06
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Music
Drama
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'.
Featured Crew
| Daniele Callegari | Conductor |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Music |
| Elijah Moshinsky | Production Design |
| Andreane Neofitou | Costume Design |
| Howard Harrison | Lighting Design |
| Temistocle Solera | Book |
| John Napier | Set Designer |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Writer |
| Elijah Moshinsky | Director |
