by GIUSEPPE VERDI
Libretto by TEMISTOCLE SOLERA starring Renato Bruson
Nabucco was Verdi's third opera, but his first major success. The central characters play out a dramatic and sometimes lurid story against the background of the enslavement of the Israelites under the Babylonian king. Nebuchadnezzar.
This production marked Riccardo Muti 's debut as music director of La Scala.
Act I
The Temple in Jerusalem Act Il
Scene 1: A palace at Babylon Scene 2: A hall in the palace
Interval with Julian Budden , a leading authority on the works of Verdi, who also introduces the opera
Act III
Scene 1: The Hanging Gardens Scene 2: On the banks of the Euphrates Act IV
Scene 1: A room in the palace Scene 2: The Hanging Gardens
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan conducted by Riccardo Muti La Scala production by ROBERTO DE SIMONE
Suiig in Italian with English subtitles by GILLIAN WIDDICOMBE Directed for television by BRIAN LARGE (R)