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Baritone

Nikoloz Lagvilava

Nabucco

Soprano

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Abigail

Bass

Simon Lim

Zachary

Tenor

Robert Watson

Ishmael

Victoria Yarovaya

Fenena

François Rougier

Abdallo

Jennifer Courcier

Anna

Alessandro Guerzoni

The High Priest of Ba'al

Conductor

Roberto Rizzi Brignoli

Stage director

Marie-Eve Signeyrole

Set designer

Fabien Teigné

Costume designer

Yashi

Video designer

Lighting designer

Philippe Berthomé

Chorus master

Yves Parmentier

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Nabucco Verdi

If we are touched raw by the torments of a heroine, moved to tears by the misfortunes of a hero, nothing upsets as much as the collective tragedies. Thus, beyond the tribulations of the libretto, the destiny of the Hebrews reduced to slavery by the king of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar refers to all the exiles, all the enslavement, all the hopes of a freedom to be reconquered... History eternal, inspired by a figure both real and biblical, Nabucco launched the career of Verdi with brilliance…, and has hardly left the stages since its creation in 1842. In 2016, Marie-Eve Signeyrole had already presented at Lille a very impressive Labyrinth Monster. Coming from the cinema, she goes beyond the peplum nature of Nabucco, to question its violence and current events - invisible people, identity concerns, collusion of political and religious powers... At her side, a familiar with the place, the Italian chef  Roberto Rizzi Brignoli – great specialist of Verdi in front of the eternal, as the spectators of the Trouvère know – will find the Orchester National de Lille . And the choirs of the Opéra de Lille and Dijon will unite their many voices in the “ Va, pensiero ”, a timeless and international anthem of all the “beautiful and lost” homelands.

English

Nabucco by Verdi, From (2018/2018), Directed by Marie-Eve Signeyrole,, Conductor Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Opéra, Lille, France

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