Suely CS Hinds's video: Nabucco-Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves HD

Nabucco (short for Nabucodonosor, English Nebuchadnezzar) is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the Biblical story and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue. It was first performed in Milan on 9 March 1842 under the original name of Nabucodonosor.The success of Verdi's first opera Oberto resulted in Bartolomeo Merelli, La Scala's impresario, offering Verdi a contract for three more works. After the failure of his second opera Un giorno di regno in 1840, he vowed never to compose again, but was persuaded by Merelli to write the music for Nabucco, Solero's libretto having been rejected by the composer Otto Nicolai[.Nabucco is the opera which is considered to have permanently established Verdi's reputation as a composer. The opera follows the plight of the Jews as they are assaulted, conquered, and subsequently exiled from their homeland by the Babylonian King Nabucco (in English, Nebuchadnezzar). The historical events are used as background for a romantic and political plot.The definitive name of Nabucco for the opera (and its protagonist) was first used at a performance at the San Giacomo Theatre of Corfu in September, 1844. Nonetheless, a more plausible alternative for the establishment of this abbreviated form claims that it was the result of a revival of the opera in Teatro Giglio of Lucca.The best-known number from the opera is the "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves," Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate / "Fly, thought, on golden wings," a chorus which is regularly given an encore when performed today. Copyright disclaimer. This video is for entertainment only, non profit. Fair use purpose permitted by copyright statute (SECT 109 of DMCA - 1976) Title 17 Section 100a. I own no media associated with this video. All videos are credited to respective owners. https://plus.google.com/u/0/108995123260590310137 /posts http://www.facebook.com/suely.hinds Lyrics in English: Fly, thought, on wings of gold, go settle upon the slopes and the hills where the sweet airs of our native soil smell soft and mild! Greet the banks of the river Jordan and Zion's tumbled towers. Oh, my country, so lovely and lost! Oh remembrance so dear yet unhappy! Golden harp of the prophetic wise men, why hang so silently from the willows? Rekindle the memories in our hearts, tell us about the times gone by! Remembering the fate of Jerusalem play us a sad lament or else be inspired by the Lord to fortify us to endure our suffering!