Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar) is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on biblical books of Jeremiah ...

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 stars have to be aligned perfectly for a company to attempt to stage ‘Nabucco,’ ” says Nicolas Reveles, the San Diego Opera’s director of education and outreach. If that’s so, let’s thank our ...

The Canadian Opera Company has opened its 2024-25 mainstage season with a company premiere: Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco is currently onstage at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Nabucco (1842), Giuseppe Verdi’s third opera, was an immediate success. Yet it very nearly did not originate: the premiere of his second – comic – opera Un giorno di regno (A One-Day Reign) in 1840 ...

Considering Lyric Opera of Chicago’s long and honorable history as a haven for the stage works of Giuseppe Verdi, his “Nabucco” has led a curiously spotty performance life at the company once dubbed ...

Giuseppe Verdi, one of the greatest musicians in history and symbol of Italian unity, was about to abandon music when he composed Nabucco, the opera that consecrated him as an artist and turned him ...

Saturday's Live in HD screening surely represents one of our last chances to hear Plácido Domingo and James Levine on the job together. The Metropolitan Opera's production of Nabucco features Plácido ...