anvil chorus

And, of course, they energized the opera’s ever-anticipated hit single, “Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie,” i.e. the “Anvil Chorus,” for which I must humbly suggest going a little easier on the anvil.

Performances included a theatre critic presenting “Famous Pauses from Great Drama,” a d.j. playing “Great Things Left Unsaid by Philosophers,” and a group of sixty-five vocalists “non-singing” a piece called “The Anvil Chorus,” accompanied by twenty anvils being gently tapped by rubber mallets.

A half-dozen years ago, Mr. Westman deployed the “William Tell” Overture in a commercial for the deodorant Dove Men +Care and, more recently, the “Anvil Chorus” from Verdi’s opera “Il Trovatore” in an ad for a technology client.

This year, however, anxiety lurks in the anvil chorus.

This is followed by the Anvil Chorus from Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” which recreates the sound of multiple Spanish Gypsies striking their anvils at dawn.