Nabucodonosor
Nebuchadnezzar
Opera in four parts
Libretto
Temistocle Solera
Premiere
9 March 1842, Milan (La Scala)
Cast
NABUCCO (baritone)
ISMAELE (tenor)
ZACCARIA (bass)
ABIGAILLE (soprano)
FENENA (soprano)
HIGH PRIEST OF BAAL (bass)
ABDALLO (tenor)
ANNA (soprano)
CHORUS
Babylonian and Hebrew soldiers, Levites, Hebrew virgins, Babylonian women, magi, grandees of the Kingdom of Babylon, populace
Place
Jerusalem and Babylon
Time
578 BC