is a chorus from the third act of the opera Nabucco (1842) by Giuseppe Verdi. It recollects the story of Jewish exiles in Babylon after the loss of the First TempleinJerusalem. The opera with its powerful chorus established Verdi as a major composer in 19th-century Italy. Upon the composer’s death, along his funeral's cortege in the streets of Milan, bystanders startedspontaneouschoruses of 'Va, pensiero…' A month later, when he was ...