Nabucco

Against the backdrop of the Babylonian exile of the Israelites the story of the Babylonian king Nabucco is told, who is only purified by a brief loss of power and gives freedom to the Hebrews he has imprisoned. On the other hand, it is also about the private conflict between Nabucco's daughters: while Abigaille wants to ascend to the throne at all costs, Fenena has converted to the Jewish faith out of love for the Israelite Ismaele.

In Nabucco, the gripping dramatic approach, the great popular choral melody, the novel, grandiose style, which, however, does not deny the Italian vocal tradition - Verdi will never do that - appear for the first time, ingredients that lead the opera to success and clearly reveal Verdi's very personal signature.

Verdi's breakthrough as an opera composer came with Nabucco.

(Source: wiener-staatsoper.at)