Performer: Gianfranco de Bosio

Young Russian coloratura soprano Maria Nazarova gets the Oscar. 

Erwin Schrott seduces the Budapest audience with smiles, but Zerlina steals the show in Budapest. 

De Bosio's highly traditional reading of Nabucco takes blockbuster form, aided by Veronese architect Rinaldo Olivieri's sets, which are at once epic and pragmatic.