ZDF & 3Sat to Broadcast ‘Nabucco’ with Anna Netrebko from the Arena di Verona
By Francisco Salazar(Credit: Arena di Verona/ENNEVI)
ZDF and 3Sat is set to broadcast the Arena di Verona’s “Nabucco” on August 30, 2025
The performance, filmed from the 2025 Verona festival, features Anna Netrebko in her acclaimed turn as Abigaille in Stefano Poda’s production.
Netrebko is joined by Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Galeano Salas, Christian Van Horn, and Francesca Di Sauro. Picnahs Steinberg conducts production.
When Netrebko performed the role this summer, critics raved, stating, “Netrebko’s is a truly Arena voice, with the ease with which her voice expands across the enormous amphitheater, the impalpable pianissimi that reach immaculate to the fifteen thousand spectators, and the perfect acoustics that even cancel out some of the Slavic inflections in her lower register. The character of the Babylonian queen is very congenial to her, as can be seen in the pride with which she moved in her sadomasochistic costume, complete with whip and stiletto heels. The vocal performance was exceptional, the play of pianissimi was masterfully rendered in the aria anch’io dischiuso un giorno, sung phenomenally, and even the agilità di forza of the cabaletta salgo già del trono aurato were rendered with powerful and highly bright acuti.”
The production will be available on ZDF and 3SAT streaming from August 30, 2025, through Feb. 28, 2026.
This marks Netrebko’s fourth performance recorded from Verona, following “Il Trovatore” in 2019, “Turandot” in 2022, and Aida” in 2023.
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