Yesterday afternoon at the Metropolitan Opera performance of Nabucco, the famous chorus "Va, pensiero" that opens Part III of the Verdi opera was repeated in its entirety following thunderous, sustained applause. At the end of the opera, the announcer on the radio commented that this was a rare honor at the Met. Does anyone know if this is true? In all my years going to the Met I never witnessed a repeat. Neither have I heard one before on the radio. How rarely is it done at the Met, and when and in which operas has it occurred before? John Dalmas [log in to unmask]