Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,647 playable programmes from the BBC

Nabucco

on BBC Radio 3

The Saturday opera takes a break from the New York Met to visit
Geneva's Grand Theatre for a performance of Verdi's biblical-style epic - a melange of love, war, mad kings, poisoned queens, broken idols and hanging gardens worthy of Hollywood. Nabucco... GREGORY YURISICH (bar)
Ismaele ...VALENTIN PROLAT (tenor)
Zaccaria
ROBERTO SCANDIUZZI (bass)
Abigaille ELIZABETH CONNELL (sop)
Fenena VIOLETTA URMANA (sop)
Abdallo JAN MARTIN (tenor)
Anna .....CLAUDIA PALLINI (sop) Chorus of the Grand
Theatre, Geneva
Suisse Romande Orchestra conducted by Fabio Luisi Acts 1 and 2 8.10 Stendhal in Italy
"La Scala is the general salon of the city of Milan; there is no society excepting at this theatre." Alex Jennings reads an account of a visit the French author made in 1816 to La
Scala, in an adaptation by Frank Felsenstein.
8.40 Acts 3 and 4

Contributors

Bass:
Abigaille Elizabeth Connell
Unknown:
Claudia Pallini
Conducted By:
Fabio Luisi
Unknown:
Alex Jennings
Unknown:
Frank Felsenstein.

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More