Nabucco (2026)

Golden harp of prophetic bards, why do you hang, silent, from the willow?

Reignite memories deep in our chest, and tell us of a time that once was ...

Milano, 1842. Not yet afforded nationhood and under the oppression and occupation of a larger, powerful regime, the first audiences of Nabucco found a contemporary political and social resonance which has accompanied the opera ever since.

Radical and stark in its depiction of oppression, occupation, and an endless, omnipresent search for meaning and identity, Nabucco speaks to our world today, as strongly as to the world of its premiere.

Disarmingly pertinent, this is an opera for our here and now.

Team

Conductor Toby Wong

Director Menila Moineaux

Original Production Design Sandra Vargas

Assistant Conductor Ashleigh Lane

Assistant Director / Stage Manager Emma Mense

Cast

Nabucco Eugene Raggio

Abigaille Livia Brash

Young Abigaille Violet Rose Olds

Zaccaria Bernard Leong-Lokman

Fenena Caitlin Rowe

Ismaele Sam Elmi

Anna Avalon Gatenby

Abdallo Spencer Darby

Il Gran Sacerdote Dale Schilling

The Cooperative Chorus, Chamber Orchestra, and Children's Ensemble

21 November | 7:30PM

Wesley Uniting Church, 136 Lonsdale St Melbourne

Pay as you feel. Come as you are.

Doors open 15 minutes prior | Unreserved seating | Pay as you feel, online or at the door.

Duration: approximately two hours and thirty minutes, including one twenty minute interval.

Please note that this production contains depictions of violence and distressing themes, and is recommended for audiences aged 12 and over. Please feel free to reach out for specific content information, any time at all.

We live, work, and create on the unceded land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. This production will be performed on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We affirm their sovereignty and offer our respect to Elders, past, present, and emerging - this always is, always was, and always will be Aboriginal Land.

Admission to all our productions is open to all on a pay-as-you-feel scale, and all donations go to charities thematically connected to the ideas we've explored onstage. Profits from this production will primarily go to organisations working to support communities affected by war and occupation, with a focus on those providing humanitarian aid in Palestine.

We recognise that we too work and perform on stolen land, the First Nations sovereignty of which was never ceded, and direct a percentage of our donations from each production at The Cooperative to organisations run by and benefiting First Nations communities.

This project is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

This project is generously supported by Henkell Wines.

This project is sponsored by Inner West Council.