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Splendour and supremacy: Citizen kane meets Verdi

An intriguing take on Nabucco reveals much about the pursuit of power, finds Conrad Wilson.

Verdi's Nabucco, with its big, vibrant choruses, was the work with which Welsh National Opera rose to fame in 1952 on a wave of local fervour.