FULL O Jerusalem! Cleveland OH 2020 Apollo’s Fire
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: O Jerusalem!
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
- Recorded: March 10, 2020
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Brian Kay, Jeffrey Strauss, Daphna Mor, Amanda Powell, Sorab Wadia, Jacob Perry
- Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell
- Orchestra: Apollo's Fire
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: apollosfirebaroque
- Date Published: 2020
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
“O Jerusalem!” is a musical tour of the 4 quarters of the Old City – Jewish, Arab, Christian, and Armenian. Projected images designed by Camilla Tassi.
Set 1: O Jerusalem!
0:01 Ir me kero, Madre, a Yerushalayim (Longing for Jerusalem)
6:02. Kuando el Rey Nimrod
Trad. Sephardic songs, arr. J. Sorrell
– Jeffrey Strauss, baritone; Sorab Wadia, tenor; Amanda Powell, soprano
9:25. Bani Adam (Children of Adam)
– Poem by Sa’adi of Shiraz, 13th c.
10:50 Ney improvisation – Daphna Mor
Set 2: The Jewish Quarter
2:01 Tsur Mishelo (trad. table Hebrew blessing)
– Daphna Mor, vocals
5:02 Nani Nani (trad. Sephardic ballad)
– Amanda Powell, soprano
10:41 Qanun improvisation – Zafer Tawil
11:43. A la Una Yo Nacì (trad. Sephardic ballad)
– Sorab Wadia, vocals
with Jacob Perry & Fiona Gillespie
Set 3: The Christian & Armenian Quarters
0:01 Havoon Havoon (Armenian hymn, arr. by René Schiffer)
– René Schiffer, cello and Sue Yelanjian, contrabass
3:43 Falconieri: Passacaglia
7:11 Salamone Rossi: Bergamasca
– Daphna Mor, recorder and Julie Andrijeski, violin
9:30 Santa Maria, Strela do Dia (Medieval cantiga, arr. by J. Sorrell)
– Amanda Powell and Brian Kay, vocals
Set 4: Synagogue, Mosque, & Cathedral
Muslim Call to Prayer
– Zafer Tawil & Rex Benincasa
Sancta Maria succure miseris – medieval plainchant
Nigra sum sed formosa – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Vespers of 1610
– Jacob Perry, tenor
Nigra sum sed formosa – medieval plainchant
Tzur mishelo akhalnu (The Lord our Rock) – Medieval Hebrew prayer, arr. J. Sorrell
– Jeffrey Strauss, baritone & Sorab Wadia, tenor
Ki eshmera Shabbat (If I Guard the Sabbath) – Jeffrey Strauss, baritone
– Medieval Sephardic liturgical chant, arr. J. Strauss/J. Sorrell/R. Schiffer
From the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610:
Gloria Patri – Lauda Jerusalem
– Jacob Perry, tenorSet 5: Arab Quarter & Neighborhood Celebration
Qanun improvisation – Zafer Tawil
Lamma bada – traditional Arab/Andalusian mwasha, arr. J. Sorrell
Amanda Powell with Zafer Tawil
Longha Farahfaza – traditional Arabic/Riad al Sunbati
Longha Nahawand – traditional Arabic/Turkish
La Komida la Manyana (The Morning Meal) – traditional Sephardic/Ladino song, ed. R. Schiffer
Jeffrey Strauss, Sorab Wadia, Amanda Powell, Adriana Ruiz & Company