Organization

Singer

Baritone

Zenon Kowalski

Nabucco

Soprano

Monika Cichocka

Abigail

Bass

Grzegorz Szostak

Zachary

Tenor

Dominik Sutowicz

Ishmael

Agnieszka Makówka

Fenena

Arkadiusz Jakus

The High Priest of Ba'al

Aleksandra Wiwała

Anna

Krzysztof Dyttus

Abdallo

Stage director

Marek Okopiński

Set designer

Marian Kołodziej

Conductor

Andrzej Straszyński

Choreographer

Czesław Bilski

Adam Banaszak

Robert Ulatowski

Krzysztof Marciniak

Bernadetta Grabias

Anna Terlecka

Andrzej Staniewski

Arcykapłan

Tadeusz Kozłowski

Chorus master

Waldemar Sutryk

Teatr Wielki Łódź

Others

Choir of the Grand Theater in Łódź

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Grand Theater in Łódź

Ballet

Ballet of the Grand Theater in Łódź

Italian

Łódź

Poland

Plac Dąbrowskiego

Nabucco Verdi

Public

Polish

Approved

After the moderate success of OBERT and the flop of KINGDOM, Verdi was close to abandoning his career as an opera composer. Everything changed in 1841, when the manager of La Scala gave him a libretto about the adventures of King Nebuchadnezzar and the beginnings of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. In less than a year, NABUCCO saw almost eighty performances and secured itself a permanent place in the repertoire of the world's greatest stages.
This majestic piece takes us back to the time when the Jewish people were ruled by the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar. The longing of the Israelites for the lost freedom is intertwined here with court intrigues, the lust for power and the love dilemmas of the king's daughters. Although the action takes place in the 6th century BC, it actually refers to the freedom movements that aimed at the unification of Italy under the reign of Victor Emmanuel II. During its premiere, the content of the work, equated by Italians with their own fate, today - now deprived of the political context - makes an equally unforgettable impression among viewers.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble