Nabucco: 'Va, pensiero'

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The Met chorus sings Verdi's famous "Va, pensiero" from Act III of "Nabucco." Production: Elijah Moshinsky. Conductor: James Levine. 2016-17 season.
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The best performance ever. It must have been so difficult for the choir members to stay seated when the audience responded so enthousiastically. Full marks for giving me goose bumps every time!!

EllenN
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The most exciting point in the performance. Especially when the audience wouldn't stop applauding. So James Levine cued them up and they sang the whole thing again.

sherilynn
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The genius of Verdi, so beautifully expressed.

NicholasWingComposer
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The distinguished gentleman from Milan is recognized for 1 minute for a choral rebuttal to UNSC Res. 2334. Well said, Senator Verdi. Viva Verdi and Am Israel Chai!

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English Translation of "Va, Pensiero"
Go, thoughts, on golden wings;
Go, settle upon the slopes and hills,
where warm and soft and fragrant are
the breezes of our sweet native land!
Greet the banks of the Jordan,
the towers of Zion ...
Oh my country so beautiful and lost!
Or so dear yet unhappy!
Or harp of the prophetic seers,
why do you hang silent from the willows?
Rekindle the memories within our hearts,
tell us about the time that have gone by
Or similar to the fate of Solomon,
give a sound of lament;
or let the Lord inspire a concert
That may give to endure our suffering.

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Verdi wrote Nabucco after the failure of his second work, "Un giordo di regno" (King for a Day), and the deaths of his wife and young children. He had vowed never to write another opera, but the impresario of the La Scala opera house, Bartolomeo Merelli, persuaded Verdi to look at another composer's rejected libretto. Once home, Verdi reportedly threw in on the table in disgust, but then glanced down. The words "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate" inspired him to write "Nabucco."

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