Names
The composer of Nabucco (1842)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
The composer of Tannhäuser (1845), Lohengrin (1850), and Tristan und Isolde (1865)
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
The idea to unify a group of people by creating a national identity through characteristics such as a common language, shared culture, historical traditions, and national institutions and rituals.
Nationalism
Name two pieces other than Nabucco composed by Verdi
Rigoletto (1851); Il Trovatore (1853); La Traviata (1853); I Vespri Siciliani (1855); Simon Boccanegra (1857); Aroldo (1857); Un Ballo in Maschera (1859); La Forza del Destino (1862); Don Carlos (1867); Aida (1871); Otello (1887)
Wagner's idea of "music of the future," which would rejuvenate and transform opera into music drama through a balance and perfection of all elements integral to the lyric art form: poetry, music, acting, gesture, and the visual.
Gesamtkunstwerk (total art work)
The 19th century political and social movement that sought to unify Italy and reclaim the leading role it played in Roman antiquity and the Renaissance.
Risorgimento