Classical Composer: | Verdi, Giuseppe |
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Lyricist: | Solera, Temistocle |
Work: | Nabucco |
Year Composed: | 1842 |
Instrumentation: | vv,SATB - 2222/4240/timp.prec/str: 8.7.6.5.4 |
Publishers: |
C.F. Peters Frankfurt Edwin F. Kalmus Ricordi Schott Music |
Duration: | 01:56:00 |
Period: | Romantic |
Work Category: | Opera |
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar), dealing as it does with the Babylonian captivity, had obvious political implications in Italy in 1842. The chorus Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate (Fly, my thoughts, on golden wings) is sung by the chorus of Hebrew slaves, toiling in exile and slavery by the waters of Babylon. The words O mia patria, si bella e perduta (O my country, so fair and yet lost) struck the necessary patriotic note for an age of incipient national consciousness. A second chorus, Gli arredi festivi giù candano infranti (The festive trappings now lie broken) accompanies the opening of the work, in which the chorus of Hebrew slaves has a major part to play in the dramatic conversion of the conquering Nebuchadnezzar.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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