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What biblical ruler inspired the story of Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco?
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Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was known for operas such as Rigoletto (1851).
The story of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco is based on the biblical ruler Nebuchadnezzar II, who was the second and most prominent king of the Chaldean dynasty of Babylonia.123