The title character of this opera declares that Non son piu re, son dio before being struck by a thunderbolt.
The eldest daughter of this opera's title character sings the cabaletta Salgo già del trono aurato after the high priest begins a coup against her sister, and later angrily destroys a document proving that she is an adopted slave. The title character of this opera declares that Non son piu re, son dio before being struck by a thunderbolt. A prominent aria in this opera ends with the singers begging the (*) Lord to "imbue us with fortitude to bear our sufferings." In the scene after that "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves," the title monarch begs forgiveness from God and declares that a new temple is to be built in Jerusalem. For 10 points, name this Verdi opera about the biblical persecution of the Jews by the namesake Babylonian king, the builder of the Hanging Gardens.
The eldest daughter of this opera's title character sings the cabaletta Salgo già del trono aurato after the high priest begins a coup against her sister, and later angrily destroys a document proving that she is an adopted slave.
{Nabucco} [or {Nabucodonosor} or {Nebuchadnezzar}]