Nabucco – ‘Donna, chi sei?’ (Plácido Domingo and Liudmyla Monastyrska, The Royal Opera)

Royal Opera House Published on Jul 31, 2014
Plácido Domingo and Liudmyla Monastyrska perform ‘Donna, chi sei?’ from Part III of Verdi’s Nabucco, 2013.

Following the spectacular failure of his second opera, Un giorno di regno, Giuseppe Verdi vowed never to compose another. But he was lured back to the theatre by Bartolomeo Merelli, the impresario of La Scala, Milan, with the commission for Nabucco. The resulting opera was a triumph – first performed in 1842, it was revived the same year with a run of 57 shows. As Verdi wrote: ‘with this opera, it can truly be said that my artistic career began.’