Season 18-19

The action takes place in 586 BC. Nabucco, king of Babylon, triumphed over the Hebrews. By contrast, Zaccaria, the high priest of the Hebrews, holds Fenena, the daughter of Nabucco, hostage, whom he threatens to kill. Ismaël, the nephew of the king of Jerusalem, has custody of them: and the two young men are madly in love. Abigail, the alleged daughter of Nabucco and also in love with Ismaël, comes and discovers their idyll. Learning soon after that she was in fact a slave, Abigail wants revenge on Nabucco and her rival Fenena. She becomes Queen of Babylon through ingenious subterfuges, imprisoning Nabucco, who watches helplessly her triumph. But! Coup de theâtre! Nabucco’s guards come to liberate him and, when the Jewish people are about to be massacred, he orders his release. Abigail dies poisoned, confessing her crimes.