Opera in four acts on a libretto by Temistocle Solera, inspired by the play Nabuchodonosor by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornu and the ballet Nabucodonosor by Antonio Cortesi Besides the impressive composing skills particularly exerted in the lyric genre, Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901) – "l’italianissimo" – was famed during his life for his creative excellence and the revolutionary, patriotic attitude, as a distinguished supporter of the fight for the unification of ...