Va', Pensiero, Sull'ali Dorate - Verdi »
Posted By Spadecaller 1 year, 4 months ago in Arts & EntertainmentThis video features Va',Pensiero, the third act of Verdi's Nabucco. It is an epic about power, love, and religion - and is certainly more than a mere historical drama or fodder for a Hollywood blockbuster. This Spadecaller video dramatizes its relevancy in light of issues in the world today.
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Spadecaller1 year, 4 months ago
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Here are the Lyrics in English:
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Fly, thought, on wings of gold;
go settle upon the slopes and the hills,
where, soft and mild, the sweet airs
of our native land smell fragrant!
Greet the banks of the Jordan
and Zion's toppled towers...
Oh, my country so lovely and lost!
Oh, remembrance so dear and so fraught with despair!
Golden harp of the prophetic seers,
why dost thou hang mute upon the willow?
Rekindle our bosom's memories,
and speak of times gone by!
Mindful of the fate of Jerusalem,
either give forth an air of sad lamentation,
or else let the Lord imbue us
with fortitude to bear our sufferings!
Va', pensiero is a chorus from the third act of Verdi's Opera, Nabucco, with words by Temistocle Solera, inspired by Psalm 137. Known as Verdi's "Jewish" work of art, it recollects the story of Jewish exiles from Babylon after the loss of the First Temple in Jerusalem. The song made Verdi famous. It later became an anthem for Italian patriots, who were seeking to unify their country and free it from foreign control. Thus, the song's theme of exiles singing about their homeland, and its lines like "O mia patria, si bella e perduta" (O my country, so lovely and so lost).If you do no speak Italian, for added enjoyment copy and read the English translation of the lyrics while viewing video. -
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Spadecaller1 year, 4 months ago
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Thanks n2n.
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If you don't speak Italian, the best way to appreciate this clip is to print the lyric and follow along with the video. It's like watching a foreign flick with subtitles. I didn't want to cover the video with words and subtitles, which would detract from its aesthic appeal. So, I posted the lyrics in the description of the video on YouTube, as well. -
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Spadecaller1 year, 4 months ago
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Verdi's Nabucco seems so fitting and universal for what has been happening to our country. Many of us can see that it has been taken away from us, though we are still here physically. Our government has betrayed its people for their selfish ambitions with the corporations and for their connections to an international industrial syndicate.
There is an undercurrent of suffering and lamentation that most of us feel. The impact of this music and its lyrics compelled me to create this video. When people, like yourself, recognize that it is more than just a song about an ancient past -- that it is a heartfelt reflection of our own challenges as Americans who love their country, and that it affects us more acutely than many are able or even willing to acknowledge. -
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cowboygrandpa1 year, 4 months ago
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Very well done, again you have posted a beautiful song with stirring visuals.
To me it shows the past, present and future. Man and his inability to live in the peace and harmony that we are supposed to have.
Yes I saw the Roman empire with its' evils through todays empires with their evils.
When we fail to recognize the errors of the past we continue to repeat them.
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Spadecaller1 year, 4 months ago
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I am not illiterate and 100 years old. I have a life filled with meaning, with love of a wife, family, dear friends, and since my health forced me to retire, I have been learning to do other things, one of them is making videos. I don't think my friend, Formidable, meant that I had actually failed at directing the course of my life and now it is over or less than what it could have been. (LOL...)
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