FULL San Francesco e il Sultano (Khalil Rahme) Rome 2022 Bechara Moufarej, Giuseppe Naviglio, Grace Medawar, Lara Joukhadar, Tony Sfeir

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: San Francesco e il Sultano  
• Composer: Khalil Rahme   
• Libretto: Bartolomeo Pirone    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Basilica di S. Maria in Aracoeli, Roma, Italy  
• Recorded: May 25, 2022
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Bechara Moufarej, Giuseppe Naviglio, Grace Medawar, Lara Joukhadar, Tony Sfeir
• Conductor: P. Khalil Rahme  
• Orchestra: Orchestra Magna Grecia, Taranto, Italy  
• Chorus: Coro Notre Dame University Louaize, Libanon, Coro LA Chorus Matera, Italy  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Roberto Vanoncini  
• Date Published: 2025  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

“The opera “St. Francis and the Sultan” is one of the fruits of a long and laborious work begun before the celebrations for the eighth centenary (1219-2019) of the meeting between St. Francis and the sultan al-Malek al-Kāmel in Damietta , in Egypt.
The historic meeting, which today constitutes a forerunner model of interreligious dialogue, has inspired many artists and scholars to apply themselves to this event. St. Francis went to the sultan of Egypt (who at the time ruled over the Egyptian lands and exercised some control over the Middle East, including the Holy Land with Jerusalem) with the intention of announcing the gospel of Christ to him, not with the violence of arms. crusades, but with the respect due to a brother. By virtue of his disposition of mind, he obtained from the Sultan the same respect and the gift for him and his friars to be able to reside in the Holy Land, something that has continued to this day.

00:00 Titoli di testa
01:27 Ingresso coro, orchestra, solisti, direttore/autore
04:35 Quadro 1/ Scena 1, in Assisi (coro)
10:25 Quadro 1/ Scena 2, in Assisi (Francesco, Chiara)
15:49 Quadro 1/ Scena 3, in Assisi (coro)
16:49 Quadro 1/ Scena 4, in Assisi (fra Elia, Chiara)
24:56 Quadro 2, da Assisi ad Acri (coro)
30:55 Quadro 3, da Acri ad Amietta (intermezzo)
35:26 Quadro 4/ Scena 1, in Egitto (Francesco, coro)
39:35 Quadro 4/ Scena 2, in Egitto (Francesco, coro)
43:41 Quadro 4/ Scena 3, in Egitto (intermezzo)
45:06 Quadro 4/ Scena 4, in Egitto (Fatima, Sultano, Sceicco)
54:47 Quadro 4/ Scena 5, in Egitto (Sultano, Francesco)
1:03:28 Quadro 4/ Scena 6, in Egitto (intermezzo)
1:06:56 Quadro 4/ Scena 7, in Egitto (Sultano, Francesco, Fatima, coro)
1:20:30 Fine oratorio
1:22:24 Titoli di coda

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