Richard Ollarsaba as High Priest of Baal and Company in the Minnesota Opera production of Nabucco.

music by Giueppe Verdi
libretto by Temistocle Solera
after Antonio Cortesi’s ballet Nabucodonosor
and Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois’ play
Nabuccodonosor (1836)

world premiere at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
March 9, 1842

September 22, 25, 27, 29 and 30, 2012
Ordway, Saint Paul

sung in Italian with English captions

CREATIVE TEAM
conductor – Michael Christie
stage director – Thaddeus Strassberger
choreographer – Heidi Spesard-Noble
set designer – Thaddeus Strassberger
costume designer – Mattie Ullrich
original lighting designer – Mark McCullough
lighting designer – JAX Messenger
assistant director – Joel Ivany
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CAST
Nabucco, King of Babylon – Jason Howard
Abigaille, presumed daugher of Nabucco – Brenda Harris
Zaccaria, High Priest of the Hebrews – John Relyea
Fenena, younger daugher of Nabucco – Victoria Vargas
Ismaele, nephew of the King of Jerusalem – John Robert Lindsey
High Priest of Baal – Richard Ollarsaba
Anna, Zaccaria’s sister – Christie Hageman
Abdallo, a Babylonian officer – Jon Thomas Olson

SETTING
Jerusalem and Babylon, 587 BC