Nabucco 'Opera in four Acts' - Giuseppe Verdi 'Bastianini, Bartoletti' Live recording 1961

Composition Year: 1841
First Performance: 1842-03-09 in Milan, Teatro alla Scala
Recorded: Teatro Comuniale di Firenze, 26 May 1961 (Live recording)
~
Performers:
Nabucco - Ettore Bastianini
Abigaille - Margherita Roberti
Zaccaria - Paolo Washington
Ismaele - Gastone Limarilli
Fenena - Miriam Pirazzini
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Bruno Bartoletti - Conductor
~
ACT: I.
00:01 1. Sinfonia (Orchestra)
08:38 2. Gli arredi festivi giù cadano infranti (Coro)
14:19 3. Sperate, o figli! (Zaccaria, Coro)
19:39 4. Qual rumore? (Coro, Ismaele, Zaccaria)
22:33 5. Fenena!... O mia diletta! (Ismaele, Fenena)
24:41 6. Guerrieri, è preso il tempio!... Prode guerrier! (Abigaille)
30:37 7. Lo vedeste? Fulminando (Anna, Coro, Zaccaria)
35:01 8. Si finga, e l’ira mia più forte scoppierà (Nabucco)
39:08 9. O vinti, il capo a terra! (Nabucco)
~
ACT: II.
43:13 1. Ben io t’invenni, o fatal scritto! (Abigaille)
50:34 2. Chi s’avanza? (Abigaille)
53:38 3. Veni, o Levita! Il santo codice reca! (Zaccaria)
59:54 4. Che si vuol?... - Il maledetto non ha fratelli (Coro, Ismaele)
01:02:03 5. Deh, fratelli, perdonate! (Tutti, Coro)
01:04:10 6. S’appressan gl’istanti d’un’ira fatale... (Tutti, Coro)
01:07:52 7. S’oda or me! (Nabucco)
01:10:30 8. Chi mi toglie il regio scettro? (Nabucco)
~
ACT: III.
01:13:37 1. È l’Assiria una regina... (Coro)
01:17:10 2. Esselsa donna, che d’Assiria il fato reggi... (Gran Sacerdote)
01:20:23 3. Donna, chi sei? - Custode del seggio... (Nabucco, Abigaille)
01:23:50 4. Oh, di qual’onta aggravasi (Nabucco, Abigaille)
01:27:30 5. Ah, qual suon! (Nabucco, Abigaille)
01:30:50 6. Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate (Coro)
01:35:50 7. Oh, chi piange?... - Del futuro nel buio discerno (Zaccaria)
~
ACT: IV
01:40:09 1. Introduzione (Orchestra)
01:41:48 2. Son pur queste mie membra! (Nabucco, Coro)
01:45:20 3. Dio di Guida!... l’ara, il tempio a Te sacro, sorgeranno... (Nabucco)
01:49:36 4. Cardan, cardanno i perfidi come locuste al suolo! (Abdallo, Coro, Nabucco)
01:51:23 5. Marcia funebre (Orchestra) - Va: la palma del martirio... (Zaccaria)
01:54:08 6. dischiuso è il firmamento! (Fenena)
01:58:00 7. Immenso Jehovah, chi non ti sente? (Tutti)
01:59:58 8. Oh, chi vegg’io? (Nabucco, Coro) - Su me... morente... esamine... (Abigaille, Coro, Zaccaria)
~
Work:
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 the biblical books of 2 Kings, Jeremiah, Lamentations and Daniel and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornu. However, Antonio Cortese's ballet adaptation of the play (with its necessary simplifications), given at La Scala in 1836, was a more important source for Solera than the play itself. Under its original name of Nabucodonosor, the opera was first performed at La Scala in Milan on 9 March 1842.
~
Nabucco is the opera that is considered to have permanently established Verdi's reputation as a composer. He commented that "this is the opera with which my artistic career really begins. And though I had many difficulties to fight against, it is certain that Nabucco was born under a lucky star."
The opera follows the plight of the Jews as they are assaulted, conquered and subsequently exiled from their homeland by the Babylonian king Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar II). The historical events are used as background for a romantic and political plot. The best-known number from the opera is the "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves" ("Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" / "Fly, thought, on golden wings"), a chorus that is regularly given an encore in many opera houses when performed today.
~
Wikipedia: Extended biography: https://bit.ly/3JPtvPs
~
ATTRIBUTION
Music contained in this video is licensed to: MYTO Classics