Sofia National Opera 28 May 1968  Nabucco    Stoyan Popov Abigaille    Ghena Dimitrova Zaccaria    Nikolai Ghiaurov Fenena    Adriana Stamenova Ismaele    Jordan Znamenov Gran Sacerdote    Stefan Elenkov Abdallo    Milen Paunov Anna    Margarita Koicheva Ruslan Raichev, cond.

Act I

12:40	Sperate o figli
23:40	Prode guerrier!

Act II

11:05

Vieni o Levita! ... Tu sul labbro

Acts III, IV

14:50	Va, pensiero
24:10	Act IV

Verdi's Nabucco had a late start in Bulgaria with its first production in 1967 at the Sofia National Opera. This was followed by productions in Stara Zagora, Varna, Plovdiv, Pleven and Sofia. That first production was captured by BNR on 28 May 1968, featuring Nikolai Ghiaurov singing Zaccaria in Italian and a young Ghena Dimitrova as Abigaille joining the rest of the cast in Bulgarian.