Nabucco

Giuseppe Verdi

  • Act I

    1 h 30 min

  • Intermission

    30 min

  • Act II

    1 h 30 min

  • Intermission

    30 min

  • Act III

    1 h 30 min

  • Act IV

    1 h 30 min

Duration: 3 h 30 min

Performances

Opera in four acts
Libretto: Temistocle Solera after the drama by Auguste Aniceta-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue
World premiere: Regio Teatro alla Scala, Milano, 9/03/1842
Warsaw premiere: 25/02/1854, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw
Premiere of this production: 26/06/1992
Original language version with Polish surtitles

Tradition at its absolute best. Nabucco, just like Aida, requires historical detail that delights the eye of the audience. It cannot be different in this case, when the stage design is the work of Andrzej Kreütz- Majewski, a giant of Polish opera applauded at the greatest opera houses of the world, from Barcelona (Teatro del Liceu), through London (Covent Garden), to New York (Metropolitan Opera). In Verdi’s opera the story of the legendary Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, who fought against the Hebrews, brings together political, social, and religious threads. All this is accompanied by music whose sublimity and passion leads to harmony. Proof can be found even in the chorus “Va, pensiero” (“Fly, thought, on wings of gold”) which is the unofficial anthem of Italy to this day. We only have the “aria with chimes”, the Italians have the “prisoners’ anthem”. Oh, the difference.

Cast

2013-11-19 | 19:00

Credits

Sponsors

  • Partnerzy Teatru Wielkiego - Opery Narodowej

  • Partner technologiczny Teatru Wielkiego - Opery Narodowej

  • Patroni medialni Teatru Wielkiego - Opery Narodowej

  • Partners of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

  • Technological partner of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

  • Media patrons of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera