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Nabucco (Berkeley)

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Based On

the biblical books of 2 Kings, Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Daniel, and on the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornu

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Berkeley, CA
Venue
Hearst Greek Theatre
Season
1964
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Costumers

Cast

Zaccaria, chief priest of the Hebrews
Ismaele, nephew of the king of Jerusalem
Fenena, Nabucco's daughter
Abigaille, Nabucco's slave-born adopted daughter
Anna, Zaccaria's sister
Nabucco, King of Babylon
High Priest of Baal
Abdallo, officer of the Babylonian guard

Show Dates

Time and Place

600 B.C.; Jerusalem and Babylon

Scenes

Act I -- Jerusalem; the temple
Act II, Scene 1 -- Babylon; in Nabucco's palace
Scene 2 -- Near the palace
Act III, Scene 1 -- The throne room
Act III, Scene 2 -- The banks of the Euphrates
Act IV, Scene 1 -- Nabucco's prison
Scene 2 -- Near the palace

Acknowledgements

The production of "Nabucco" was given to the San Francisco Opera Association by the America-Italy Society of San Francisco
and the Festival of Faith and Freedom Foundation in 1961.

Notes

Presented by The William Randolph Hearst Foundation
and
The Committee for Arts and Lectures
University of California, Berkeley

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