Went to extremes with

• Part of Nabucco Verdi definitely exaggerated
• Went too far with
• Worked too hard, ... it
• Old Italian composer finally prepared and cooked too much?
• Went too far
• Went to too many extremes
• Put a little too much effort into
• Carried to excess

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
See overdo

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-simple past of: overdo )