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A part of \u201eKaunas \u2013 European Capital of Culture 2022\u201c programme
\nGiuseppe Verdi
\nNabucco
\nOpera in 2 acts
\nLibrettist Temistocle Solera<\/p>\n

Opening night on July 16th, 2022, at Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum
\nOpening night on October 1st, 2022, at Kaunas State Musical Theatre<\/p>\n

Music director and conductor JONAS JANULEVI\u010cIUS
\nDirector K\u0118STUTIS S. JAK\u0160TAS
\nAssistant conductor OKSANA MADARASH
\nAssistant director VIKTORIJA STREI\u010cA
\nCostume and makeup designer DAINIUS BENDIKAS
\nSet designer ART\u016aRAS \u0160IMONIS
\nVideo projections ARVYDAS STRIMAITIS
\nLight designer AUDRIUS JANKAUSKAS
\nChoreographer DAINIUS BERVINGIS
\nChoirmaster RASA VAITKEVI\u010cI\u016aT\u0116<\/p>\n

Running time 3 hours (including interval)<\/p>\n

Cast:
\nNabucco, King of Babylon \u2013 Eugenijus Chrebtovas, Laimonas Pautienius
\nAbigaille, supposedly his elder daughter \u2013 Gitana Pe\u010dkyt\u0117, Sandra Janu\u0161ait\u0117
\nFenena, his daughter \u2013 Justina Gringyt\u0117, Gabriel\u0117 Kuzmickait\u0117
\nIsmaele, nephew of Zedekiah, the King of Jerusalem, \u2013 Egidijus Bavikinas, Kristian Benedikt
\nZaccaria, high priest of the Jews, \u2013 \u017dygimantas Galinis, Liudas Mikalauskas,
\nAnna, Zaccaria’s sister, \u2013 Ieva Goleckyt\u0117, Gabriel\u0117 Bukin\u0117.
\nAbdallo, Babylonian soldier \u2013 Mindaugas Zimkus, Povilas Padleckis
\nHigh priest of Baal \u2013 Tomas Ladiga, Joris Rubinovas,
\nCursed, soldiers, escorts \u2013 Theatre’s and invited choristers<\/p>\n

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The procession \u201cThe Way of Reconciliation\u201d is a kind of opera epilogue. It will take place at the Kaunas Ninth Fort Memorial Complex, will capture the historical and emotional breakthroughs of the tragedy that happened here and will be supplemented with artistic accents. It is a way of concentration, sociality, companionship, memory awakening and meaningfulness, a way of living history, empathy and compassion, and everyone can participate in it. Actor Ram\u016bnas \u0160imukauskas will help the participants of the procession to keep the emotion of concentration. Then gathered at the Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum the well-known, but contemporary and modern interpreted, present issues of community responding opera \u201cNabucco\u201d by the all-time unrivaled Maestro of opera genre G. Verdi will be presented.<\/p>\n

The plot of the opera tells the story of Nabucco (short for Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, reign in 605\u2013562 BC) who in 587 BC and again in 579 BC attacked Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple and exiled many Jews (the exile of Babylon described in Sacred Scripture). In 539 BC Cyrus II the Great, the reign of Persia, conquered Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to their homeland. The choir of slaves (i.e. exiled Jews) “Fly in a Dream” has become one of the most popular melodies in Italy, and in time \u2013 the anthem of the doomed and oppressed. It\u2019s lyrics is a freely re-created part of the Psalm 137. The premiere of the opera took place on March 9, 1842, in Milan.
\nThe contemporary interpretation of G. Verdi’s opera \u201cNabucco\u201d reveals the idea of the nation’s (which can be any) struggle against any oppression and thirst for liberation, which in the context of today’s dreadful events, happening in the world, is extremely meaningful and relevant to various nations and cultures.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>

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Nabucco Foto Video<\/h3>\n \n
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