Francesco Ellero d'Artegna

After the big fresco's  "Nabucco" and "I Lombardi", written for theScala in Milano, Verdi dared to commit himself to a more intimite dramafor the...

Of all the operas based on Goethe's Faust, Arrigi Boito's "Mefistofele"is most faithful to the original. It covers the entire breadth ofGoethe's magnum opus,...

Zaccariah, the leader of the Hebrews, and Nabucco, the Babylonian king, are polar opposites, both politically and in religious terms. The first tells his...