Singer

Babylonian king Nabucco invades and robs the Jewish population, subjecting them to slavery and forced labour. Power intoxicates and deludes him. It makes the king play god. Meanwhile, the bitter Abigaille, one of the strongest female roles in the operatic repertoire, awaits her own moment of revenge and plots against the young lovers Ismaele and Fenena.

Nabucco

Olavinlinna

After the Kurt Weill Triptych and the Season opening in tribute to Shostakovich, Music Director M° Chailly adds another key milestone to his ongoing exploration of Verdi’s work, completing his survey of the composer’s early operas with the work that marked a turning point. The triumph of Nabucodonosor at La Scala in 1842 signaled the definitive breakthrough of the composer, while also forging a strong bond between the Milanese theatre (and, more broadly, Italian opera) and the emerging spirit of unification and the Risorgimento. The new production, in which the divertissements composed by Verdi for the 1848 revival in Brussels will be performed, marks the La Scala debut of the now well-established talent of Alessandro Talevi, a South African director who has reconnected with his Italian roots. The cast is the best imaginable: Anna Netrebko, Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, Michele Pertusi, and Veronica Simeoni. Also central to the production is the Chorus, conducted by Alberto Malazzi, performing the iconic “Va, pensiero.”

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Nabucodonosor

Teatro alla Scala

Tosca

Carlo Felice Theater

Denmark's best opera mediator guides us through a cornucopia of great voices and corresponding emotions.
Look forward to a sumptuous encounter with the best music by Verdi and Puccini when we bring the two greatest Italian opera creators together in the Symphonic Hall. The musical encounter offers a sumptuous selection of the best – and most dramatic – music from the hands of the two composers.

Italian Opera Gala

Aarhus Music Hall

Look forward to a sumptuous encounter with the best music by Verdi and Puccini when the city's orchestra brings the two greatest Italian opera creators together in the Symphonic Hall. The musical encounter offers a sumptuous selection of the best – and most dramatic – music from the hands of the two composers.

Klaus Mäkelä unites the Concertgebouworkest, eight vocal soloists and four choirs in Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8. An impressive work by a huge cast.

Mäkelä leads Mahler’s Symphony No. 8

The Concertgebouw

"Luisa Miller" is Giuseppe Verdi’s third setting of a play by Friedrich Schiller. “It is a great drama, full of passion and very effective in theatrical terms,” the composer wrote to the librettist Salvadore Cammarano about Kabale und Liebe. In order to conform to the expectations of the censors and audience, Verdi first had to reduce the play to a libretto suitable for opera, moving the focus from Schiller’s political tale to the family drama. In his opera, first performed in Naples in 1849, Verdi produced outstanding character studies of all his protagonists. In this work he laid the foundation for many “Verdi types” of later years, e.g. Iago, Giorgio Germont, Aida or Desdemona. Luisa Miller was first performed in Hamburg at the Hamburg State Opera in 1981 in a new production conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli and directed by Luciano Damiani, who also designed the sets and costumes at the time.

Tenor

Giorgio Berrugi

Events

Past events

8 - 24 Jul, 2026

Nabucco · Savonlinna Opera Festival

May 16 - Jun 9, 2026

Nabucodonosor · Teatro alla Scala

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Symphony No. 8 by Mahler

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca by Puccini

Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Ismaele in Nabucco by Verdi

Savonlinna Opera Festival

Rodolfo in Luisa Miller by Verdi

Staatsoper Hamburg

Ismaele in Nabucodonosor by Verdi

Teatro alla Scala

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