At-Home Gala: “Va, pensiero”

The Met Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, perform “Va, pensiero” from Verdi’s Nabucco in a video assembled from individual takes and shown during the April 25, 2020, At-Home Gala. Edited by Pete Scalzitti.

[jakeglanville]

have known and loved this piece for the past 83 years. Never have I heard it so beautifully performed.

[coraggio]

This performance made me cry when I saw it in the At Home Gala. Making me cry again in November 2021...

[jim]

I am amazed how they could synchronize all the voices and musical sound together in one stream. I love this performance. I only wish I could hear it live. A+

[Lajs]

Fantastic people. God bless all and New York anda Italy too. Greetings from Brazil !

[bothcarmen]

BRAVO!!! Very Nice! Superb! Congratulations! 👍💓💓💓🌹🌹🌹
I wish you a beautiful and blessed day! From ROMANIA! 😘💓💓💓🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷

[casasterrenosmorelos]

Gracias por recordarnos la grandeza del ser humano.

[thomaskember]

I have lost count of how many times I have listened to and watched this video. I love to look at the faces of the singers and musicians. From their expressions I wonder are they feeling the same emotions as I am? Anther thing, I think there should be a name for this sort of video where we see the performers at their homes and see that they are confined like the rest of us but in a real sense, "working from home".
For now, I call them lockdown videos, an ugly term. Since so many are made by French orchestras, there ought to be an elegant French name for them.

[littlebigjohn]

as a rocker an aria like this makes my eyes watery thank you

[stewartsouth]

Thank you everyone. Very moving and brilliant. From Australia

[barbarabrilliant]

Beauty in the midst of the ugly pandemic. Thank you
for the glorious uplifting of our spirit

[alanhewitt]

This is what will make America great again. I cannot believe that any of those people could support the monster. From an Opera lover in Durban, South Africa

[cyrillegonin]

Magnifiques et excellent ! tout simplement bravo !!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
(Beautiful and excellent! simply congratulations !!!)

[louloufinch]

You are awesome, all of you rock! I loved it and miss opera so much!

[francesgrafton]

Thank you, gift and peace and light and beauty....

[susanpaul]

Exquisite....such an offering of love...I sent this to all on my list, for the New Year. Merci, merci a Yanique, et

[justyne]

Magnificent! Extraordinary! All these things and holy too. Beautifully done and the fade at the end to the still of the opera company in costume I found so very emotional, like the transition from earth to heaven.

[fuegouno]

Hermosamente conmovedor, escuchar Las aves enjauladas desplazando su armonioso canto de amor y Esperanza a quienes se encuentra en la misma situación, mi profundo respeto.

[dorothydanso]

We have indeed endured and survived COVID19! Thanks Met!

[maribelfernandezpascual]

Me encanta, gracias por hacernos vibrar

[ezgi]

This was a magnificent event. I wanna thank the conductor, all the musicians and singers so much for this amazing performance.
Bravo MetOpera!