Nabucco

Giuseppe Verdi | Temistocle Solera

Golden harp of prophetic bards, why do you hang, silent, from the willow? Reignite memories deep in our chest, and tell us of a time that once was ...

Milano, 1842. Not yet afforded nationhood and under the oppression and occupation of a larger, powerful regime, the first audiences of Nabucco found a contemporary political and social resonance which has accompanied the opera ever since.