Line #9 Theatre/Nabucco


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:A performance of ''Nabucco'' at the Metropolitan Opera.]]
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4	This 1842 number by Music/GiuseppeVerdi is a four act opera, set to a libretto by Temistocle Solera, and based on the [[Literature/TheBible biblical account]] of the exile of the Jews into slavery by the King of Babylon, [[CharacterTitle Nabucco]], better known in English as Nebuchadnezzar.
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6	!! This opera contains examples of:
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8	* AGodAmI: At the end of Act II, Nabucco declares himself a god. A bolt of lightning promptly strikes him and drives him insane, which lasts until he performs his HeelFaithTurn and worships the God of Israel.
9	* AdaptedOut: Despite the opera being based on an episode from the ''Literature/BookOfDaniel'', the said prophet plays no part of the story let alone appears.
10	* AdoptionAngst: Abigaille discovers she's not Nabucco's biological daughter and she was instead the child of slaves. She doesn't take it well at all.
11	* AntagonistTitle: Nabucco is the titular antagonist, the king of Babylon. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] at the half-point when [[spoiler:Nabucco begins his HeelFaceTurn and Abigaille solidifies herself as the true antagonist]].
12	* BadassPreacher: Zaccaria, the Jewish High Priest, who isn't above taking up a weapon and openly defies Nabucco even while in captivity.
13	* BlasphemousBoast: In Act II, Nabucco declares that he has surpassed both Baal and Jehovah, and demands that he be worshipped as a God, going so far as force his own daughter to prostrate herself. [[BoltOfDivineRetribution It doesn't end well]].
14	* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Nabucco declares himself the one true god and is promptly driven mad by phantoms.
15	%%* BSODSong: Nabucco's desperate ''Dio di Giuda!...l'ara, il tempio''.
16	* CainAndAbel: Ambitious ([[AmbitionIsEvil and therefore evil]]) Abigaille and the younger Fenena, albeit NotBloodSiblings.
17	* ConvertingForLove: Nabucco's younger daughter Fenena, who falls in love with Ismaele and converts to Judaism.
18	* DaddysLittleVillain: Abigaille is Nebucco's ambitious adopted daughter, who is willing to resort to deceit and bloodshed to claim the throne.
19	* DecoyProtagonist: Ismaele, the young commander of the good guys who's also involved in a romance with Nabucco's younger daughter, is seemingly set up as the protagonist at the beginning, but later on the focus switches to [[spoiler:Nabucco himself after he recovers from his HeelFaithTurn]].
20	* {{Determinator}}: Zaccaria. No matter what Nabucco does to him and the Jews, he ''never'' gives up.
21	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Genocidal warlord he may be, but when Nabucco learns that Abigaille intends to have his daughter Fenena executed, he pleads for her life, declaring she may have his throne and his kingdom, if she only spares Fenena.
22	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Eventually, Abigaille ascends the throne, and proves herself to be even more ruthless than her father.
23	%%* GratuitousUseOfTheTallit: Many stagings.
24	* HeelFaithTurn: By Act IV, [[spoiler: Nabucco himself]].
25	* HighPriest: The cult of Baal is led by a high priest who uses his connections to create political unrest.
26	* HumanSacrifice: Fenena is threatened with sacrifice to Baal for converting to Judaism.
27	%%* MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: The grand sextet in the end of Act 1.
28	* MinorCharacterMajorSong: In line with opera conventions, the ensemble isn't a major player and just serves to accompany the leads and/or provide context to what is essentially the tale of Nabucco and his daughters. This being said, the chorus "Va, pensiero" is the best-known number from this opera.
29	* PapaWolf: Nabucco himself, at least where Fenena is concerned. In the opening scene, he threatens to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge wipe out the entire Hebrew race]] should his captive daughter come to harm, and later, this is the trait which drives his [[spoiler:HeelFaithTurn]].
30	* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Nabucco begs for Fenena's life when she is about to die.
31	* ReligionOfEvil: The cult of Baal is presented as a bloodthirsty lot which practices HumanSacrifice.
32	%%* SilenceYouFool
33	* SinisterMinister: The High Priest of Baal is a bloodthirsty cultist, and a schemer who plots to have Nabucco replaced by Abigaille.
34	* TheUsurper: Abigaille eventually usurps her father's throne, which he intended to pass to the younger Fenena.
35	* VillainessesWantHeroes: Abigaille wants Ismaele, and [[IfICantHaveYou If She Can't Have Him...]]
36	%%* WhereIsYourXNow: Nabucco gives the standard example during his EvilGloating.
37	* {{Yandere}}: Abigaille. She loves Ismaele, but Ismaele is in love with Fenena. Furious, Abigaille threatens to accuse Fenena of treason, but Ismaele refuses to do so, thus leading to Abigaille's plan for revenge.
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Context Theatre / Nabucco