Nabucco at The Karlín Music Theatre

Dates: (9/13/2016 - 1/13/2018 )

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The Karlín Music Theatre

K?ižíkova 10
Praha 8,Praha 8 186 00

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Phone: +420 224 901 448

Tickets: CZK 350.00 - CZK 1290.00

Running Time: Approximate running time, including intermission: 2 hours, 30 minutes, one 20-minute intermission.

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Nabucco (1842), Giuseppe Verdi’s third opera, was an immediate success. Yet it very nearly did not originate: the premiere of his second – comic – opera Un giorno di regno (A One-Day Reign) in 1840 was such a flop that the composer, heartbroken from the death of his wife Margherita, wanted to abandon his career as an opera creator. Only with difficulty did the impresario of Milan’s La Scala, Bartolomeo Merelli, persuade the less than thirty-year-old Verdi to set to music Temistocle Solera’s libretto treating an Old Testament theme. Under the command of Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar), the Babylonians conquer Jerusalem, destroy the Temple of Solomon and subjugate the Jewish people.
Nabucco, who is punished with madness by Jehovah, has to face machinations on the part of his supposed daughter, Abigaille. He ultimately admits his error and Jehovah’s power and gives the Jews back their freedom. The most impressive aspect of the opera is the mass scenes, one of which, the Chorus of Hebrew Slaves “Va, pensiero, sull’alli dorate” (Fly, thought, upon gilded wings) in Act 3, at the time became the expression of the Italian nation’s desire for independence and – together with the Triumph March from Verdi’s Aida – is among the most famous opera melodies there is. The premiere took place on 9 March 1842 at La Scala with Verdi’s second wife, Giuseppina Strepponi, in the role of Abigaille.

Cast and Creative team for Nabucco at The Karlín Music Theatre

Conductor: Hilary Griffiths, Richard Hein, Rastislav Štúr
Stage director: Karel N?mec
Sets: Ulrich Hüstebeck
Costumes: Josef Jelínek
Chorus master: Adolf Melichar
Choreography: Otto Šanda

Nabucco

Martin Bárta
Miguelangelo Cavalcanti
Richard Haan

Abigail

Anda-Louise Bogza
Jolana Fogašová

Fenena

Jana Horáková Levicová
Jana Sýkorová
Andrea Tögel Kalivodová

Ismael

Tomáš ?erný
Martin Šrejma

Zachary

Oleg Korotkov
Ji?í Sulženko
Roman Vocel

High Priest of Baal

Ivo Hrachovec
Roman Vocel

Anna

Lucie Hájková
Simona Procházková

Abdallo

Václav Sibera
Aleš Vorá?ek

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