than any of the soloists, however, the chorus, used in a new and dramatic fashion, is at the centre of the opera. Recordings References Notes Cited sources (The book refers to 'Teatro Giglio of Corfu', but there was never a theatre with this name in Corfu.) Further reading Baldini, Gabriele (1970), (trans. Roger Parker, 1980), The Story of Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto to Un Ballo in Maschera. Cambridge, et al: Cambridge University Press. De Van, Gilles (trans. Gilda Roberts) (1998), Verdi’s Theater: Creating Drama Through Music. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press. (hardback), Martin, George, Verdi: His Music, Life and Times (1983), New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Osborne, Charles (1969), The Complete Opera of Verdi, New York: Da Capo Press, Inc. Parker, Roger (2007), The New Grove Guide to Verdi and His Operas, Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. Parker, Roger (1988), Nabucco, critical edition, Center for Italian Studies, University of Chicago. Retrieved 7 April 2013. Parker Roger, (ed) (1988), "Nabucodonosor": Dramma Lirico in Four Parts by Temistocle Solera (the works of Giuseppe Verdi), Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988 Pistone, Danièle (1995), Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera: From Rossini to Puccini, Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. Toye, Francis (1931), Giuseppe Verdi: His Life and Works, New York: Knopf Walker, Frank, The Man Verdi (1982), New York: Knopf, 1962, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. External links Opera Guide, synopsis, libretto, highlights Libretto to Nabucco (in Italian) Contextual commentary to libretto (in English) Nabucodonosor , giuseppeverdi.it Recording of the opera in the public-domain Aria database Italian-language operas Operas by Giuseppe Verdi 1842 operas Works set in the 6th century BC Operas Operas set in the Levant Operas set in Mesopotamia Operas based on the Bible Opera world premieres at La Scala Cultural depictions of Nebuchadnezzar II Babylon in fiction Jerusalem in fiction