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 ...

In Va, pensiero (also known as the Chorus of the Hebrew slaves), Jewish slaves in Babylonian captivity sing of the land they’ve lost: ‘Oh, my homeland, so lovely and so lost!

The celebrated Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves is movingly staged: the exiles cluster in a circle for protection. They could be slaves, migrants, oppressed people of any era.

Under the inspired leadership of James Levine, the chorus, sung by the Hebrew slaves as they think of their homeland during the bitter captivity in Babylon, reaches sublime heights that transcend ...

Also known as the ‘Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves’, ‘Va, Pensiero’ is sung in the third act of the opera when the Israelites have been captured and imprisoned in Babylon. Poignantly, the chorus includes ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — As violence erupts thousands of miles away, a youth chorus in Jerusalem seeks empowerment through song. The Jerusalem Youth Chorus envisions a broader Israel-Palestine; one ...