Whet your appetite for Verdi with excerpts from five of his many operas! Il trovatore: Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus) The "Coro de Zingari" (literally "gypsy chorus", but known as the "Anvil Chorus" in English) from Verdi's "Il trovatore" (The Troubadour) depicts Spanish gypsies hard at work striking their anvils at dawn, and celebrating the pleasures of good wine and gypsy women. It is well-known for its rousing tune and the off-beat rhythms of the anvils be