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Events on Wednesday 9 March 1842 1
1842Premiere of Verdi's NabuccoVerdi's first great success opens at La ScalaGiuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco premiered at La Scala in Milan and made his reputation. Its chorus "Va, pensiero", sung by the exiled Hebrews, became one of the best-known pieces in Italian opera. It was later linked with the Risorgimento.