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Verdi's Nabucco
Michael Steen
其他書名
A Short Guide To A Great Opera
出版Original Writing, 2014
ISBN17823761519781782376156
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=uSCqnQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Verdi's early opera Nabucco (Nabucodonosor), about Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, was one of the most successful operas of the nineteenth century. The opera set him on the journey which culminated years later with Otello and Falstaff. The chorus, Va pensiero, depicting the Hebrews 'by the waters of Babylon' yearning for freedom, became iconic during the 19th century reunification of Italy. Today it is a famous best-tune. Verdi used a libretto rejected by Otto Nicolai, composer of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Nabucco was premièred in Milan in March, 1842. The prima donna was Gi.