Nabucco

Synopsis

Set in the 6th Century BC in Jerusalem and Babylon. Zacharias the high priest, enforces his people to stand up for their rights against Nabucco. His son Ishmael and Fenena, the daughter of Nabuco, have a secret love affair. Abigail who is an illegitimate daughter of the ruler hears of the liaison and swears she will take revenge. Will she accomplish her goal or will love reign.

Our Review:

16 April 2013

Let’s be clear about this; we’re only back for Plácido. Nothing has changed in Daniele Abbado’s indifferently received staging of Verdi’s Nabucco save the tenant of the title role, so for a rounded consideration of the production’s merits my colleague Simon Thomas's review (see below) still holds good.

The Royal Opera has traded one septuagenarian (Leo Nucci, who sang at the run’s early performances) for another. Plácido Domingo, who seems to have acknowledged once and for all that anno domini has called time on his life as a tenor, here undertakes yet another Verdi baritone title role (after Simon Boccanegra and Rigoletto, among others), and his inspiring presence lifts the evening to a high level. The vocal range may have grown narrower but his lyric powers are undiminished, and in embracing this whole new field of repertoire he has turned necessity into a virtue. Who knows how many unsung her...

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