Organization

Conductor

Pier Giorgio Morandi

Stage director

Stage director (+4)

Giancarlo Del Monaco

Assistant Set Designer

Set designer (+2)

Francesco Bonati

Assistant Costume Designer

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

William Orlandi

Costume designer

Assistant Stage Director

Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Martina Zdilar Sertić

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+2)

Wolfgang von Zoubek

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+1)

Luka Vukšić

Baritone (+3)

Kiril Manolov

Nabucco

Baritone (+4)

Ljubomir Puškarić

Soprano (+2)

Kristina Kolar

Abigail

Soprano (+1)

Gabrielle Mouhlen

Bass (+1)

Luciano Batinić

Zachary

Ivica Čikeš

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Sofia Ameli Gojić

Fenena

Jelena Končar

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Emilia Rukavina

Tenor

Domagoj Dorotić

Ishmael

Filip Filipović

Tamara Franetović Felbinger

Anna

Adela Golac Rilović

Tenor (+2)

Ivo Gamulin

Abdallo

Tenor (+1)

Nikša Radovanović

Tvrtko Stipić

Bass-baritone (+4)

Ozren Bilušić

The High Priest of Ba'al

Bass (+2)

Toni Nežić

Bass (+3)

Siniša Štork

HNK Zagreb

Orchestra

Orchestra HNK Zagreb

Chorus

Choir HNK Zagreb

Nabucco
The four-act lyrical-dramatic opera Nabucco was composed by Giuseppe Verdi as his third opera, in 1841, based on the Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera based on the play Nabucodonosor by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue from 1836 and the scenario of the ballet of the same name by Antonio Cortesi from 1838. The opera was performed for the first time under the title Nebuchadnezzar in Milan's Scala, and its enormous success permanently established Verdi's reputation as a great opera composer. The theme of the opera is the difficult history of the Jewish people, which is the Babylonian conqueror Nebuchadnezzar II. attacked and defeated, exiled from their homeland, although the historical events are used only as a backdrop to the romantic and political plot. As a great patriot, Verdi was especially inspired by the scene in which the captive Jews on the banks of the Euphrates yearn for a distant homeland, so in one night he wrote a widely known choral aria that became the dramaturgical and musical backbone of the work; Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate / Take flight, think, on wings of gold. Shortly after the premiere of the work, this refrain was sung on the streets of Italy as a revolutionary anthem, and to this day it is regularly performed as an encore in many opera houses around the world. Almost forty years after the last premiere performance of Nabucco, a new production on the stage of the Zagreb Opera will be conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi, while the play will be directed by Giancarlo del Monaco. and to this day, he regularly performs encores in many opera houses around the world. Almost forty years after the last premiere performance of Nabucco, a new production on the stage of the Zagreb Opera will be conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi, while the play will be directed by Giancarlo del Monaco. and to this day, he regularly performs encores in many opera houses around the world. Almost forty years after the last premiere performance of Nabucco, a new production on the stage of the Zagreb Opera will be conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi, while the play will be directed by Giancarlo del Monaco.

Zagreb

Croatia

Opera Zagreb Festival

Staged

Opera

Gabrielle Mouhlen sings Abigail at the HNK Croatian national Theatre,  31-10-2022
Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi
Stage director: Giancarlo del Monaco

Nabucco:"Ben io t'invenni"

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