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\u2018My Abigaille? It’s exciting, and singing in the Arena makes my heart beat fast.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate the opening night of the 2025 Verona Opera Festival, Anna Pirozzi looks back on her relationship with the role of Abigaille, which she has played over 130 times in her career and reprised on 13 June at the festival’s Nabucco Premi\u00e8re, in a new production by Stefano Poda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018My Abigaille? 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