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VERDI
NABUCCO
NICOLA LUISOTTI
DANIELE ABBADO
TEATRO ALLA SCALA
www.musicom.it
NABUCCO
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PLAYBILL
Teatro alla Scala, February 2013
Opera and Ballet Season 2012-2013
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Dramma lirico in quattro parti
Libretto by Temistocle Solera
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Critical Edition edited by Roger Parker
The University of Chicago Press
Universal Music Publishing Ricordi srl, Milano
New Production Teatro alla Scala
in coproduction with
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Premiere: Milano, Teatro alla Scala, March 9 1842
Conductor Nicola Luisotti
Chorus Master Bruno Casoni
Director Daniele Abbado
Set and Costume Designer Alison Chitty
Light Designer Alessandro Carletti
Choreographic Movements Simona Bucci
Video Luca Scarzella
Director Assistant Boris Stetka
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Characters and Performers
Nabucco (baritone) Leo Nucci
Abigaille (soprano) Liudmyla Monastyrska
Zaccaria (bass) Vitalij Kowaljow
Fenena (mezzo-soprano) Veronica Simeoni
Ismaele (tenor) Aleksandrs Antonenko
Il gran sacerdote (bass) Ernesto Panariello
Abdallo (tenor) Giuseppe Veneziano
Anna (soprano) Tatiana Ryaguzova
MESIA CONTENTS AND CREDITS
DVD
OH MIA PATRIA!
Visual Journey
by Roberto San Pietro and Elvio Annese
In collaboration with ipotesICinema
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
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HIGHLIGHTS*
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Conductor Nicola Luisotti
Director Daniele Abbado
ROM CONTENTS
The Gods Have Returned to Babylon by Carlo Vitali
Giorgio Ronconi, the “Baritone Artist” by Livio Aragona
“Who Didn’t Cry When She Cried?” The Theatrical Career of Giuseppina Strepponi by Mario Marcarini
Verdi’s Nabucco: Study Guide for Secondary Schools by Carlo Delfrati
Nebuchadnezzar by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis-Cornu
Nebuchadnezzar by Antonio Cortesi
The History of Milan from 1836 to 1848 by Antonio Ghislanzoni, edited by Carlo Bianchi
Synopsis and Libretto
MP3 audio files of the complete opera
EXTRA
This is your life, a Short Film by Andrea Franceschini
Trailer
CD
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
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Live recording
(*) Rai
Director Arnalda Canali
Assistant Stefania Grimaldi
Photo Director Riccardo De Poli
Production Director Antonello Trevisiol
Production Organizer Giusi Corbelli
Executive Producer Manuela Scifoni
Music Consultants Giovanni Primavesi, Maria Maddalena Novati
Editor Walter Bellagente
Music Recording Rai - Direzione Radio
Organization Pietro Panzeri
Recording Coordinator Guglielmina De Toffol
Audio Recording Massimo Piffaretti
Production Specialized Antonio Topolino
Audio Edition Gabriele Fanchini
MEDIA PROJECT AND CREDITS
Project and Marketing Nimax S.r.l.
Artistic Supervisor Philip Gossett
Artistic Coordinator Federico Fornoni
Production Coordinators Saveria Raimondi, Francesca Zambelli
Production Assistants Alessia Brutti, Pietro De Ruggieri
Denoising and Remastering Diversified Technologies S.r.l.
Authoring Impronte Digitali S.r.l.
Subtitles Synchronization Fabiola D’Alessandro
Original Graphic Concept FG Confalonieri
DVD Menu Graphic akòmi srl
Web Project Diego Paroni, Simetra S.r.l.
Series Naming Clerici e Associati S.r.l.
Photographic References
Photos Marco Brescia and Rudy Amisano © Teatro alla Scala
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© 2014 Intesa Sanpaolo