[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":55},["ShallowReactive",2],{"opera-en-verdi-nabucco":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"anno":6,"aria":7,"atti":10,"bio":20,"body":21,"compositore":28,"description":25,"extension":29,"finale":30,"meta":31,"navigation":32,"opere":20,"order":20,"path":33,"personaggi":34,"seo":51,"slug":20,"stem":52,"tagline":53,"years":20,"__hash__":54},"en/en/verdi/nabucco.md","Nabucco","Milan, 1842",{"nome":8,"descrizione":9},"Va, pensiero","The chorus of Hebrew prisoners sings their longing for their lost homeland. It became the unofficial anthem of the Italian Risorgimento. At the premiere, the audience demanded an encore — forbidden by the Austrian police. They got it anyway.",[11,14,17],{"titolo":12,"testo":13},"Acts I and II — The Conquest and the Madness","Nabucco conquers Jerusalem and destroys the Temple of Solomon. The Hebrews are deported to Babylon. Abigaille, having discovered her own servile origins, seizes power from her father — who, having blasphemously proclaimed himself a god, has been struck with madness. Nabucco wanders his palace like a shadow of his former self.",{"titolo":15,"testo":16},"Act III — The Slaves and the Chorus","The Hebrew prisoners on the banks of the Euphrates sing of their longing for Jerusalem. This is the moment of 'Va, pensiero'. Abigaille rules with an iron fist and condemns the Hebrews to death, including the converted Fenena. Nabucco, still in the grip of madness, is powerless.",{"titolo":18,"testo":19},"Act IV — The Redemption","Nabucco comes to his senses invoking the God of the Hebrews. He bursts into the arena where Fenena is about to be executed and saves her. Abigaille, poisoned by remorse, takes her own life. Nabucco frees the Hebrew people and orders the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem.",null,{"type":22,"value":23,"toc":24},"minimark",[],{"title":25,"searchDepth":26,"depth":26,"links":27},"",2,[],"Verdi","md","Nabucco is the opera that transformed Verdi from a promising composer into the voice of a people. 'Va, pensiero' spoke not only of biblical Hebrews: it spoke of Italians under foreign occupation. Even today, at opening nights of Nabucco at La Scala, the audience often sings along with the chorus.",{},true,"/en/verdi/nabucco",[35,39,43,47],{"nome":36,"voce":37,"descrizione":38},"Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar)","Baritone — the protagonist","King of Babylon, conqueror, supremely proud. He proclaims himself a god — and is punished with madness. His final redemption is one of Verdi's most powerful moments.",{"nome":40,"voce":41,"descrizione":42},"Abigaille","Dramatic soprano","Nabucco's adopted daughter, ambitious and ruthless. She wants the throne at any cost. One of the most ferocious female figures in the Verdian repertoire.",{"nome":44,"voce":45,"descrizione":46},"Zaccaria","Bass — the prophet","High priest of the Hebrews. The voice of God, unbending, prophetic. The opera's most solemn character.",{"nome":48,"voce":49,"descrizione":50},"Fenena","Mezzo-soprano","Nabucco's daughter, who converts to the Hebrew faith for love. She is the sacrificial victim whose fate triggers her father's redemption.",{"title":5,"description":25},"en/verdi/nabucco","The Babylonian king who defies God, the Hebrew people in chains, and the chorus that made a nation weep","omWxhHZkshwlknwC6aVAJl_DEtYcc2wMNfXnkYGnc3c",1774014353274]