a series of screenings dedicated to Italian Opera
Introduction by Deirdre O’ Grady, Emeritus Professor ofItalian and Comparative Studies at University CollegeDublinIntroduction followed by the screening of Nabucco,Giuseppe Verdi, conductor Michele Mariotti. With LeoNucci, Bruno Ribeiro, Riccardo Zanellato, DimitraTheodossiou, 137’Hebrew Slaves: ‘Oh mia patria sì bella e perdutaOh membranza sì cara e fatal’‘Oh my country so beautiful and lost/ Oh remembranceso dear and full of anguish’Nabucco was Verdi’s third work for the stage and provedhis first great success when performed in 1842.It deals with the Hebrews’ attempts to break free fromthe yoke of their Babylonian oppressors and is nowadaysnumbered among Verdi’s most popular works, not leaston account of its famous Chorus of Hebrew Slaves, whichhas one of the best loved melodies in the whole history ofopera.