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Afternoon Concert: Thursday Opera Matinee - Verdi's Nabucco

19/10/2017

Thursday Opera Matinee - Verdi's Nabucco

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Thursday Opera Matinee - Verdi's Nabucco

Penny Gore presents Verdi's Nabucco, in a 2013 performance from the Royal Opera House.

Penny Gore presents Verdi's Nabucco, in a 2013 performance from the Royal Opera House, starring Placido Domingo.

2pm
Thursday Opera Matinee, presented by Katie Derham.
Placido Domingo sang the title role of Nabucco for the very first time anywhere in the world as part of the Royal Opera House's Verdi 200 celebrations in 2013, and Liudmyla Monastyrska dazzled in the role of Abigaille. Domingo takes on the baritone role of Nebuchadnezzar, King of the Babylonians, in the biblical story which so much resounded in the hearts of Italians at the time. The fight of the Hebrews against oppression and exile took a different twist in a tale of love and patriotism, represented in the celebrated chorus 'Va pensiero', one of Verdi's most famous pieces. Nicola Luisotti conducts the chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Followed by performances from this week's featured orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music by Copland and Karl Jenkins. 

2pm
Verdi: Nabucco (Opera Cities season) 
Nabucco.....Placido Domingo (baritone)
Abigaille.....Liudmyla Monastryka (soprano)
Zaccaria.....Vitalij Kowaljow (bass)
Fenena.....Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano)
Ismaele.....Andrea Care (tenor)
Anna.....Dusica Bijelic (soprano)
Abdallo.....David Butt Philip (tenor)
High Priest of Baal.....Robert Lloyd (bass)
Royal Opera House Chorus & Orchestra
Nicola Luisotti (conductor)

c.4.10pm
Copland: Appalachian Spring - suite
Karl Jenkins: Over the Stone (Tros y Garreg) - harp concerto
Catrin Finch (harp)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tecwyn Evans (conductor).

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