01/07/17 – Nabucco – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera
Nabucco
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Temistocle Solera
- Sung in Italian
- ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 44 MINS
- front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/ Met Opera
The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. Liudmyla Monastyrska is Abigaille, the warrior woman determined to rule empires, and Jamie Barton is the heroic Fenena. Dmitri Belosselskiy is the stentorian voice of the oppressed Hebrew people.
CONDUCTOR: James Levine
ABIGAILLE: Liudmyla Monastyrska
FENENA: Jamie Barton
ISMAELE: Russell Thomas
NABUCCO: Plácido Domingo
ZACCARIA: Dmitry Belosselskiy