Nabucco
opera by Verdi
Also known as: “Nabucodonoser”
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basis in life of Nebuchadnezzar II
- In Nebuchadnezzar II
…basis of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Nabucco, while his supposed madness is the theme of William Blake’s picture “Nebuchadnezzar.”
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discussed in biography
- In Giuseppe Verdi: Early career
…first performed 1842; known as Nabucco), based on the biblical Nebuchadnezzar (Nebuchadrezzar II), though the well-known story he told later about snapping out of his lethargy only when the libretto fell open at the chorus “Va, pensiero”—by that time one of his most beloved works—is no longer credited. (The older…
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