When American director and designer Thaddeus Strassberger began contemplating a new production of Verdi’s “Nabucco” for the Washington National Opera, he immediately focused on the comparison the ...

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Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. NABUCCO is the opera that made Verdi famous, ...

Was Giuseppe Verdi a revolutionary? The composer certainly transformed opera, but was he a political revolutionary? Did he intend his operas to inspire the commoners to rise up against oppression in ...

Even before Aidan Lang assumed directorship of Seattle Opera last fall, he had discovered a glaring gap in the company’s repertoire: “Nabucco,” the opera that catapulted 28-year-old composer Giuseppe ...

The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met as the title king in Nabucco, under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine on Great Performances at the Met ...

It has taken Seattle Opera 50 years to produce Verdi’s “Nabucco,” and during those years, the audience demand has not been exactly deafening. On the plus side, this often-neglected early opera has ...

It’s hard to believe that it has been three years since Sarasota Opera concluded its monumental Verdi cycle in 2016. Saturday’s opening of “Nabucco” brought Verdi back to the winter season with a ...

Nabucco established Giuseppe Verdi as one of the great opera composers of all time. Although it’s been a staple of the repertory since its triumphant debut in 1842 at La Scala, it’s not frequently ...

Verdi’s third opera, a stirring drama about the fall of ancient Jerusalem at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco). The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the ...

“Nabucco” may take place in biblical times, with the Israelites trying to get out from under Assyrian control, but whenever a group or nation feels the weight of oppression, Verdi’s opera still has ...