This production, filmed at the 2019 Festival VERDI in Parma, is a very powerful and engaging creative project by 2018 Abbiati Prize winner duo Ricci/Forte.
The most striking feature of the staging is that the action takes place in 2046 (reference to the film by Wong Kar-Wai) on a military ship, which reminds us of an Ark.
The production portrays a dystopian society where we can find many references to real contemporary events: NABUCCO is turned into an oppressive dictator who is obsessed with his own image; the Hebrew slaves are portayed as refugees wearing life vests; while on the ship's deck various screens are used to display the regime’s propaganda.
Cast
Nabucco - Amartuvshin Enkhbat
Ismaele - Ivan Magrì
Zaccaria - Michel Pertusi
Abigaille - Saioa Hernández
Fenena - Annalisa Stroppa
High Priest of Baal - Gianluca Breda
Abdallo - Manuel Pierattelli
Anna - Elisabetta Zizzo
Conductor: Francesco Ivan Ciampa
Director: Stefano Ricci
Creative Project: Ricci / Forte
Set Designer: Nicolas Bovey
Costume Designer: Gianluca Sbicca
Light Designer: Alessandro Carletti
Choreographer: Marta Bevilacqua
Orchestra: Filarmonica Arturo La Toscanini, Orchestra Giovanile della Via Emilia
Chorus: Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Artisti del coro di Parma
Chorus Master: Martino Faggiani
Video Director: Matteo Ricchetti, Adriano Figari
Theater: Teatro Regio di Parma –Festival Verdi 2019
New staging of the Teatro Regio di Parma
International Release Date: March 20, 2020
Available on DVD and Blu-ray. Audio album will be available on digital only.
Available on DVD and Blu-ray. AudR
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