Instruments:

• 2 Bb Trumpets
• Bb Trumpet (doubling Flugelhorn in Bb)
• 2 F Horns
• 2 Trombones
• Tuba

This opera by G. Verdi, coming from his twenties earned him a solid reputation, uses chorus very effectively. It is in the traditional opera style, with a great improvement in dramatic exhibition. The contribution of the Chorus, whose origins come from Greek drama, reached a zenith with Verdi.

Nabucco's setting is the Israelite Babylonian captivity from the Old Testament. The openi...