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Nabucco

• Opera in 4 acts, Italian
• Libretto Temistocle Solera
• Original name Nabucodonosor was changed to Nabucco after the first performance
• Time: 587 BC. Place: Jerusalem and Babylon
  
  
  

This hand-coloured engraving, probably made in the 19th century after the first excavations in the Assyrian capitals, depicts the fabled Hanging Gardens, with the Tower of Babel in the background.

*First premieres in different countries

• *Italy: 9 March 1842, the world premiere at Teatro alla Scala, Milan
  • Portugal: 29 October 1843, Lisbon
  • Spain: 2 May 1844, Barcelona
  • Germany: 27 September 1844, Berlin
  • Malta: Autumn 1844
  • Algeria: Summer 1845
  • France: 16 October 1845, Paris
  • Denmark: Carnival 1846, Copenhagen
  • Great Britain: 30 May 1850, London
  • Hungary: 31 August 1846, Budapest
  • Turkey: Autumn 1846, Constantinople
  • Cuba: 1847, Havana
  • Romania: November 1847, Bucharest
  • United States: 4 April 1848, New York
  • Belgium: 29 November 1848, Brussels
  • Czech Republic: 5 March 1849, Prague
  • Argentina: 22 August 1850, Buenos Aires
  • Russia: 27 December 1851, St. Petersburg
  • Brazil: 1856, Rio De Janeiro
  • Mexico: December 1856
  • Croatia: 1 October 1878, Zagreb
• Characters:
  • Nabucco, King of Babylon, baritone
    • HP Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon
    • Giorgio Ronconi sang in the first premiere 9 March 1842
    • Gaetano Ferri
    • Raffaele Ferlotti
    • Gottardo Aldighieri
    • Antonio Cotogni ao. in Turin
    • Emilio Barbieri
    • Giuseppe De Luca
    • Titta Ruffo
    • Carlo Galeffi
    • Mario Carmelo Basiola
    • Gino Bechi
    • Tito Gobbi
    • Paolo Silveri
    • Ettore Bastianini
    • Piero Cappuccilli
    • Ingvar Wixell
    • Kari Nurmela
    • Renato Bruson
    • Jorma Hynninen
    • Leo Nucci
  • Abigaille, supposedly his elder daughter, soprano
    • HP Queen regnant Nitocris
    • Giuseppina Clelia Maria Josepha Strepponi, Giuseppe Verdi’s wife, sang in the first premiere 9 March 1842, then at Teatro Regio di Parma in 1843 and Teatro Comunale di Bologna in 1843
    • Teresa Brambilla San Carlo Napoli 22 March 1848
    • Fanny Salvini-Donatelli made her debut in 1843 as Abigaille conducted by Verdi himself%
    • Catharine Simonsen
    • Emilia Goggi
    • Marianna Barbieri-Nini
    • Giuseppina Brambilla ao. at the Théâtre-Italien Paris Oct 1846
    • Maria Spezia-Aldighieri
    • Rosa de Vries-van Os
    • Teresa Stolz
    • Leonilda Paini Gabbi
    • Cecilia Gagliardi
    • Gina Cigna
    • Lina Bruna Rasa
    • Maria Callas
    • Renata Scotto
    • Ángeles Gulín
    • Júlia Várady
    • Ángeles Blancas
  • Fenena, his daughter, mezzo-soprano
    • HP Kashshaya
    • Giovannina Bellinzaghi sang in the first premiere
    • Clorinda Corradi
    • Lauretta Brambilla
    • Anna Maria Rota
    • Júlia Várady (she started as a mezzo)
    • Lucia Valentini Terrani
  • Ismaele, nephew of the (HP) King of Jerusalem, tenor
    • HP Jerahmeel . ?
    • Corrado Miraglia sang in the first premiere 9 March 1842
    • Gennaro Ricci
    • Veikko Tyrväinen
    • Carlo Cossutta
    • Plácido Domingo
  • Zaccaria, high priest of the Jews, bass
    • HP Prophet Zechariah .
    • Prosper Dérivis sang in the first premiere 11 Feb 1843
    • Antonio "Selva" Scremin
    • Paolo Medini
    • Luigi Manfrini
    • Boris Christoff
    • Kim Borg
    • Cesare Siepi
    • Nicolai Ghiaurov
    • Ruggero Raimondi
  • Anna, Zaccaria's sister, soprano
    • Teresa Ruggeri sang in the first premiere at La Scala Milan 9 March 1842
    • Marietta Brambilla in Teatro San Carlo di Napoli 1848
  • Abdallo, Babylonian soldier, tenor
    • Napoleone Marconi sang in the first premiere
    • Carlo Cossutta
  • High priest of Bel, bass
    • Gaetano Rossi sang in the first premiere
    • Antonio "Selva" Scremin
    • Pentti Arnold Hilmanpoika Tuominen
• Conductors:
  • Eugenio Cavallini conducted the first premiere 9 March 1842
  • Gabriele Santini
  • Fernando Previtali
  • Gianandrea Gavazzeni
  • Lamberto Gardelli
  • Riccardo Muti
• Stage directors:
  • Luca Roncóni (Teatro Comunale di Firenze 5 May 1977)
  • Giancarlo Del Monaco (Karlsruhe)
  • Daniele Abbado (Parma)
• Audience in the world premiere 9 March 1842:
  • Gaetano Donizetti
    
    
    

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