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ITALIANS PACK a good bit of their history and their national psyche into the 51 measures of music that comprise Verdi’s chorus “Va, pensiero” from “Nabucco,” which the Baltimore Opera Company will ...

London's Royal Opera house is holding a live-streaming event to celebrate the Italian opera master's 200th birthday. They're also asking people worldwide to record their own versions of the chorus "Va ...

VERONA, Italy — Verona’s ancient Roman arena was once a pagan site where lions devoured enslaved men--to great applause. On Thursday night, a crowd of about 12,000 applauded for a musical spectacle ...

If you want to know why “Va, pensiero sull’ali dorate!” (Go, my thoughts on golden wings) is Italy’s unofficial national anthem, tune into the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Verdi’s “Nabucco” on ...

Musicians of the Odesa Opera House performed an outdoor concert this weekend, calling for peace and a no-fly zone over Ukraine. On Saturday 12 March, the symphony orchestra and choir of Ukraine’s ...

When Lyric Opera of Baltimore presents a new production of Verdi’s first hit, “Nabucco,” this week, there will be a guaranteed encore: The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves. “It’s so good, you have to hear ...

I was wandering up the Tip Track in Owhiro Bay today listening to a playlist of favourites. On came “Va, Pensiero” by Giuseppe Verdi - The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves – from Nabucco. It stopped me in ...

When Verdi’s Nabucco was first performed in 1842, Milanese audiences were quick to see their own situation under Austrian occupation reflected in the plot, a loose adaptation of the Biblical story of ...