Lyric Opera Lecture - Nabucco

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Elmhurst Public Library
Kossmann Room

Event Details

Politics. Religion. A dangerous love triangle. Plus two killer roles and some of the greatest choral music ever written, including the soul-stirring "Va, pensiero" chorus. This is the opera that made Verdi a star! On one side, the fiery Hebrew priest Zaccaria, battling to lead his people from oppression. On the other, Nabucco, the tyrannical Babylonian king and his formidable adopted daughter Abigaille, who will stop at nothing to get her father's throne and her sister's lover. Ċ½eljko Lučić, Lyric's riveting Rigoletto in 2013, is Nabucco, a role compared to Shakespeare's King Lear in its majestic sweep. Experience his journey from despised despot to self-proclaimed god; then from paranoid madman to grateful father redeemed by faith. And watch as dramatic-soprano phenom Tatiana Serjan eats up the stage as the warrior princess Abigaille, worthy sister to Lady Macbeth in her lust for power. Mighty Russian bass Dmitry Belosselskiy is Zaccaria.
Event Type(s): Adult Program
Age Group(s): Adults
Keith Olson