title: Die Heimkehr des Verbannten
text: # Die Heimkehr des Verbannten
  
  Il proscritto (1841), revised as Die Heimkehr des Verbannten (1844) is an opera by Otto Nicolai.
  
  The libretto for Il proscritto by Gaetano Rossi had been given to Nicolai after being rejected by Verdi, this after Nicolai had rejected and given to Verdi Temistocle Solera's libretto for Nabucco. Whereas, Verdi's opera was a triumph, Nicolai's, premiered 13 March 1841 at La Scala was a failure. On his return to Vienna Nicolai had Siegfried Kapper rework Rossi's libretto to produce Die Heimkehr des Verbannten, which premiered successfully 3 February 1844 at Vienna's Theater am Kärntnertor.
  
  ## Recordings
  
  | Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra | Label |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | Hans Christoph Begemann, Bernard Berchtold, Julia Bauer, Kouta Räsänen, Uwe Strickert, Tiina Penttinen, André Riemer | Frank BeermanChor der Oper Chemnitz, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie January/February 2011 | Classic Produktion Osnabrück, aka: CPO Records Cat: LC8492 DDD |
  