San Diego Opera: Nabucco February 28, 2010

Warrior. Conqueror. King. Nation after nation has fallen to Nabucco's Babylonian might. Now he has destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem, enslaved the Hebrews, taken their revered High-Priest Zaccaria hostage and, worst of all, declared himself a god. The full wrath of the God of the Hebrews, descends on Nabucco in a bolt of lightening. He goes mad, his treacherous daughter Abigaille usurps his crown and condemns his beloved daughter Fenena to death. Imprisoned and desperate, Nabucco's only hope for deliverance is to pray -- to the very God he offended.