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It has been, since Verdi wrote it, a kind of Italian national hymn—though not on its face about Italy. When performed, it is often followed to this day by shouts of “Viva Italia!” from the audience. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 13, 2022

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Background: the so-called Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Verdi’s early work Nabucco, which expresses the yearning of Jewish exiles in Babylon to return to Israel, was widely understood and certainly intended as a metaphor for Italian national unity and independence. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 13, 2022

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So here, the Odessa opera is appropriating it as a hymn of national defiance and solidarity for Ukraine. Viva Italia! Viva Ukraine! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 13, 2022