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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
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1981-1982
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Set, Lighting and Projection Designer
Costume Designer(s)
Projection Design and Photography
Sound Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Zaccaria, High Priest of Jerusalem
Ismaele, nephew of the Hebrew king
Fenena, Nabucco's daughter
Abigaille, Nabucco's adopted daughter
Anna, Zaccaria's sister
Nabucco, King of Babylon
High Priest of Babylon
Abdallo, officer in Nabucco's army

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/8/1982 delayed broadcast, KQED and NPR. Repeat broadcast 11/9/1982.

Time and Place

6th century B.C.; Jerusalem and Babylon

Scenes

Act I -- The temple in Jerusalem
Act II, Scene 1 -- Babylon, in Nabucco's palace
Scene 2 -- Near the palace
Act III, Scene 1 -- The throne room
Scene 2 -- The banks of the Euphrates
Scene 3 -- Nabucco's prison cell
Scene 4 -- Near the palace

Media

Notes

11/8/1982 delayed broadcast, KQED and NPR. Repeat broadcast 11/9/1982. Intermission interviews: #1 Opera Choruses, Julian Budden (guest), #2:  Rudolph Picardi, Olivia Stapp (guests).

1982 Summer Season

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes originally created for the Paris Opera

Objects from the collections photographed for projections
by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, London

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Candace Kahn
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