Hebrew Slaves Chorus

[arvedsin]

I didn´t like it,i found it boring and lack of energy,it almost seemed as if they didn´t have anything to eat in weeks,really bad and poor performance.

[DimensionsofChange]

Where's the 4? All good music must have a four!

[davidorbachmusic]

These female Hebrew Slaves look like Catholic nuns. But they are not virgins! I remember we used to sing that tune in the synagogue.

[papucs1000]

11ibolyaszentannainak ajámlom!

[rutakirea]

I have heard it better. It lacks the extra which would really approve of the choir

[JeeRant]

Opera in English booooooooo

[vladtheoptician]

Really excellent! As good as any I have heard, quite touching, too.

Phil

[bdarci]

Was anyone directing this or was this one of those spontaneous outpourings of song in public places we see so much of these days. How fortuitous that they were in costume when the urge to sing came upon them, too bad they couldn't really sing.

[papucs1000]

Ibolya, azt meghiszem olyan szép, hogy a párját ritkítja! Szívből küldtem: Gábor

[11ibolyaszentannai]

@papucs1000

Lélegzet elállítóan szép .Gyönyörű!!!!!!!

Köszönőm ,Kedvesem ,Gábor !

[papucs1000]

Gyönyörű Előadás!

[11ibolyaszentannai]

@papucs1000

Nagyon szép ,párját ritkitja.

Köszönöm Kedvesem ,Gábor !

[levimoni]

Vivat Israel!

[oblio66420]

Muzica nemuritoare ! Multumesc pentru postare!

[jam1966ful]

Well done Preston Opera.

[editorialize]

sing in italian or don't sing.. is very ilarious

is like a shakespeae trasnlation in italian..loose pathos

[Wanch1e1ady]

I love this. Were they directed? Some lovely voices in there but no verve. A shame , it could e mistaken for a nativity . aka no action.

[bassfanne45]

I think this is in English. The enunciation is too slurred to know for sure.

[olaftheodor]

@bassfanne45 dude it's italian. jesus.

[bassfanne45]

@olaftheodor , Ordinarily, this is sung in Italian, but in this version the language is English. Listen closely, and you can make out some of the words, though I must admit their diction is not very clear. Listen to the very beginning; in Italian the first words are 'va pensiero". This particular chorus is not singing those words.

[Loic1409]

@bassfanne45 this is english and a

i think you do not understand this language .  will sing for you in creole next time

[bassfanne45]

@Loic1409 There's no need for nastiness. I'm a native English speaker, and could hear that it's in English.

[bassfanne45]

@Loic1409 , Go back and look at the postings. I'm not the person who couldn't understand the language. Please don't get nasty with the persons who were the ones who couldn't understand the language. The anonymity of usernames on YouTube isn't a license to be rude. Also we on YouTube come from all over the world. Some people on YouTube can't understand English. This does not mean that they're stupid or uneducated.

[1905compton]

@bassfanne45

you get two points for your team... for being understanding of others weakiness ....

[bassfanne45]

@olaftheodor , BTW, it's dudette. Jesus!

[olaftheodor]

@bassfanne45 :] sorry .. ok maybe you're right i think i heard a few english words there.. it is an english choir too. i've just listened to another version and it sounds different. i take it all back and sorry for being so rude too. thanks for not being as harsh with your reply as you had every right to be..

[bassfanne45]

@olaftheodor That's okay. I had to listen a couple of times to actually decide it was in English....and the choir's diction is terrible. Also, we're all used to hearing it sung in Italian. In fact, this is the first time I've heard it in English.

[aclspython]

A great and elouquent song., Very moving, It is very thoughtful of them to pay homage to the original black hebrews.

[kfatzfatzy]

what black? u stupid ignorant dud, they were jewish u dumdum

[bakerloobadboy]

Have loved this piece since British Airways used in one of their commercials

[AliciaDupres]

This chorus does nost sing in harmony/unison at all. Several disparate voices are heard, some of them quite strident as well.

[ClanMcTavish1]

I agree - they should be shot for their disparency.

[cadoixo]

it´s one of my father's favourite songs

[EdmundTheMagnificent]

Nice version

[pantla12]

krásne

[Malcolmt23]

Just liste to the music and enjoy forget the politics

[EdmundTheMagnificent]

Yesssss

[padrimino]

Amen!! to that bro!!

[enchantedzoro12]

i dont likeabsolutely nothing this "chorus".

And an italian opera must be sunged in italian

[sherhino]

While I prefer the sound of Italian opera "sunged" in Italian, Verdi himself felt that opera should be sung in the language of the country where it is being performed.

[blackonblack100]

wow u imposters are fake jews

[hahabinga]

great music

[davetoone12]

slavery has gone look forward to a bright future

[Tomakak]

Yes, because of course the only people who've ever taken whites as slaves were...other whites.

Also, the only time slavery ever counted was when it was whites being slave-masters. That includes slavery which still exists up to this day, mostly in Africa and the Middle East.

But, like I said, it's unimportant because it can't be blamed on whites, and so is a rich part of someone's culture.

Anywho - beautiful music, this not being the best performance I've ever seen by any means.

[noball12]

beautiful music and singing

[Warjacki]

This is set in Babylon, not Egypt. Nabucco is Nebucadnezar (sp?).

Meak - Whites were enslaving other whites for thousands of years (NOT an exaggeration) before enslaving blacks in the Americas.

[tamyk007]

I heard this song when it was cold winter in South Africa. I find it is very impressive, may be, because of its melody, so cold and lonely. Thanks to you to give me such a good memory of the living in that place.

[141407078989]

this choir doesn't sound like an opera choir... very nice although. I don't like the tuba at the begining, sounds like a short fard... and I prefer the italian... nice dresses...

[beyo2233]

just curious how could white moses past  for a black egyptian

[nonnene]

It was the isreal in egypt or was it in babylon, this people is trying to look like

[meak911]

White slaves lol.

[corado21]

what is so funny greeks romans used to have them

[mfranck1]

There have been LOTS of white slaves! My people are the French-Acadiens, sent intil exile and slavery by the Protestants of France, for instance.

[paulostroff99]

mfranck1-Your facts are quite screwed. When were the Protestants ever of the numbers or the powers to have done what you accuse them of having done.France is a Catholic country by a huge margin,and have been for hundreds or even thousands of years.Did this not occur in French Canada (Quebec) while it was under British rule. Did these people not go to live in the Maritime provinces of Canada as well as Louisiana and some of the New England Statesof the U,S.

[noball12]

A wonderful piece of music,beautifully sung

No wonder it is the National Anthem of Padania

[barnacogue]

Very good! Love it.

[mom98312]

these are the cleanest Hebrew slaves I've ever seen.

[Nonie46]

@mom98312 Nebuchadnezzar was very particular about the cleanliness of his slaves! Why? Because they are sold if they are no longer needed in the palace!

[justsue1]

Beautiful piece of music - wonderfully performed - thank you

[Dredead1]

AWESOME !!!

[cultusstultus]

Arpa d'or dei fatidici vati,

perché muta dal salice pendi?

Le memorie nel petto raccendi,

ci favella del tempo che fu!

O simile di Solima ai fati

traggi un suono di crudo lamento,

o t'ispiri il Signore un concento

che ne infonda al patire virtù!

[cultusstultus]

Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate;

va, ti posa sui clivi, sui colli

ove olezzano tepide e molli

l'aure dolci del suolo natal!

Del Giordano le rive saluta,

di Sionne le torri atterrate.

Oh, mia patria sì bella e perduta!

Oh, membranza sì cara e fatal!