Organization

Dirigent

Dirigent (+1)

Andriy Yurkevych

Regissör

Regissör (+7)

Tomáš Ondřej Pilař

Scenograf

Scenograf (+1)

Petr Vítek

Kostym designer

Kostym designer (+1)

Dana Haklová

Ljus designer

Ljus designer (+2)

Daniel Tesař

Koreograf

Martin Šinták

Dramaturg

Jitka Slavíková

Piotr Staniszewski

Baryton (+1)

Nikoloz Lagvilava

Nabucco

Baryton (+3)

Stepan Drobit

Sopran

Lilla Lee

Abigaille

Sopran (+2)

Oksana Nosatova

Mezzosopran (+8)

Markéta Cukrová

Fenena

Kontraalt (+4)

Stanislava Jirků

Tenor

Richard Samek

Ismaele

Tenor (+2)

Josef Moravec

Bas (+2)

Ivo Stánchev

Zaccaria

Bas (+1)

Iurie Maimescu

Bas (+3)

Jan Hnyk

Il Gran Sacerdote di Belo

Veronika Kaiserová

Anna

Eliška Gattringerová

Vít Šantora

Abdallo

Michal Bragagnolo

Slovak National Theatre

Orchestra

State Opera Orchestra

Ballet

National Theatre Narodni Opera Ballet

National Theatre Opera Ballet Prague

Körledare

Körledare (+1)

Alessandro Zuppardo

Bas-baryton (+3)

Miloš Horák

Zdeněk Haas

Vojtěch Fülep

Actors

Skådespelare

Michal Soukup

David Králík

Vojtěch Svoboda

National Theatre Prague

Státní Opera Praha (The State Opera)

Chorus

State Opera Choir

The opera Nabucco, depicting the dramatic story of the subjugation of the Israelites by the King of Babylon, ranks among Guiseppe Verdi’s most celebrated works. Phenomenal chorus scenes, extremely impassioned virtuoso arias, as well as the perennially topical themes of expansive war, lust for power, betrayal, life and death, are the reasons why it has always been a staple of opera houses’ repertoire.

The title hero is based on the historical figure of King Nebuchadnezzar II. The opera starts with a true event, the destruction of the Temple of Solomon in 587 BC. Yet the following conversion of Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar) to Judaism and the setting the Hebrews free from captivity in Babylon are the librettist’s fictional creations, as are the complicated relationships within the royal family, and the strife between Nabucco’s two stepdaughters, striving to win the love of the same man and gain the throne. Loosely blending true historical facts, a biblical legend and imagination, the libretto made it possible for Verdi to bring to bear fully for the first time his immense musical virtues. The colossal triumph of Nabucco, his third opera, at the world premiere at La Scala in Milan in 1842 opened for the 28-year-old composer the path to fame. The opera’s best-known number, the chorus “Va, pensiero, sull‘ali dorate” (“Fly, thought, on wings of gold”), expresses the Hebrew exiles’ hope for freedom.

In Verdi’s time, however, it became a symbol of the Italian patriots’ resistance to Austrian supremacy, an unofficial anthem of the endeavour for a unified Italy free from foreign control; and the chorus has retained its political meaning up to the present day. Just as Verdi’s librettist drew inspiration from the Bible, particularly Psalm 137, biblical symbolism is foregrounded by the stage director Tomáš Ondřej Pilař in his conception of Nabucco’s new State Opera production.

italienska

Prag

Tjeckien

Nabucco Verdi

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Opera

Saurav Kumar

tjeckiska

engelska

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