Ruth Leon recommends… Anvil Chorus – Il Trovatore
Ruth Leon recommendsAnvil Chorus – Il Trovatore – Met Opera Chorus
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Here’s a tiny, 30-second clip of one of the most famous choruses in all of opera – the Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore.
Those guys are really working hard and singing at the same time. Did they imagine, back when they were studying opera at the Conservatoire, that they’d end up half-naked and bashing at steel anvils in public?
None of the anvil workers are singing, they are supers, not choristers.
Looking at those arms, I suppose they are Extras, as they are not singing.
It sounds like Ruth got hot and bothered watching this. I hate to disappoint, but the anvil players are members of the amazing Met Opera Actors.