A post in the category “Useless knowlegde but nice to know for small talk with political geeks…” It is known that “Nabucco” is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi…so why is the the Nabucco pipeline called like an opera? Hmm, maybe it has something do to with the story and mythology of the opera you might [...]
Nabucco: The opera and the pipeline
by Kosmopolit in EU politics
September 17, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Giuseppe Verdi, nabucco, name, natural gas, oil, opera, pipeline
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