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Verdi - Va, pensiero (Nabucco)
Identifier
005964
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A full version of Nabucco if you prefer to see the full opera is on youtube with
Nabucco - Sherrill Milnes
Ismaele - Carlo Cossuta
Zaccaria - Ruggero Raimondi
Abigaile - Grace Melizia Bumbry
Fenema - Viorica Cortez
Sacerdote - Marc Vento
Abdalo - Robert Dume
Anna - Janine Boulogne
Orquesta y Coro del Teatro Nacional de la ópera de Paris
Director musical - Nello Santi
A description of the experience
There are numerous versions on youtube of this haunting music, inspired by Verdi's grief over the death of his wife and two children. This version of Va pensiero or as it is popularly known The Chorus of the Hebrew slaves is by the "Orfeón Donostiarra"