The most famous number from this work is one of the rare encores permitted at the Met Opera as well as an unofficial anthem of Italian unification.
One part in this opera was sung by Maria Callas in only three performances due to its extreme difficulty; that character finds a document revealing her low birth, and swears to usurp her supposed father in the Act II aria Salgo già [JAH] del trono aurato. The title character declares himself God and loses his mind. The most famous number from this work is one of the rare encores permitted at the Met Opera as well as an unofficial anthem of Italian unification. In the final act, Abigaille's plot is foiled when an (*) idol shatters of its own accord and the sacrifice of prisoners, including Fenena, is stopped. One chorus in this opera laments the loss of a homeland consisting of the banks of the Jordan and the towers of Zion; that chorus is Va Pensiero and is sung by Hebrew Slaves. For 10 points, name this opera about the Jews exiled in Babylon, by Giuseppe Verdi.
One part in this opera was sung by Maria Callas in only three performances due to its extreme difficulty; that character finds a document revealing her low birth, and swears to usurp her supposed father in the Act II aria Salgo già [JAH] del trono aurato.
Nabucco [or Nabucodonosor, or Nebuchadnezzar]