Giuseppe Verdi DVD 2003 Nabucco Opera In 4 Acts / Conductor: Michael Lessky / Orchestra Junge Philharmonie Wien / Cast: Walter Donati, Galiana Kalinina, Alessandro Teliga / Silverline Classics series / Cascade Medien

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REGION 0 PAL DVD All regions

Audio: Stereo 2.0, DTS 5.1

Total Runtime: 105 minutes

English Description:

Nabucco (Italian pronunciation: [naˈbukko], short for Nabucodonosor [naˌbukoˈdɔːnozor, -donoˈzɔr]; English: "Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on the biblical books of 2 Kings, Jeremiah, Lamentations and Daniel and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornu. However, Antonio Cortese's ballet adaptation of the play (with its necessary simplifications), given at La Scala in 1836, was a more important source for Solera than was the play itself.^[1] Under its original name of Nabucodonosor, the opera was first performed at La Scala in Milan on 9 March 1842.

Nabucco is the opera that is considered to have permanently established Verdi's reputation as a composer. He commented that "this is the opera with which my artistic career really begins. And though I had many difficulties to fight against, it is certain that Nabucco was born under a lucky star.

Chorus – Honved-Ensemble Budapest

Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi

Conductor [Musical Direction] – Michael Lessky

Film Director, Directed By [Stage Director] – Gianfranco De Bosio

Film Producer – Hans Walsberger

Orchestra – Junge Philharmonie Wien

Producer – Wolfgang Werner

Cast:

Abdallo – Siegfried Verhoving

Abigail – Galiana Kalinina

Zacharias – Alessandro Teliga