The Ten Commandments Musical
The Ten Commandments is a musical comedy written by Elie Chouraqui and Pascal Obispo , whose first performance took place in Paris in October 2000.
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Synopsis
Seti , then Pharaoh in Egypt , takes a dim view of expanding people's Hebrew. He decided to reduce it to slavery. Following a prediction , he decided to kill all the firstborn Hebrew. The order is issued, the massacre took place.
A young mother who has just given birth, trying to conceal his firstborn son. She is Jewish and is called Yocheved. Stress, she decides to get rid of her child in the hope of saving his life. She puts it in a wicker cradle it leaves to the divine along the River. The heart of Yocheved torn.
Bithia , the sister of Pharaoh, can not have children and hopes the favor of the gods. His wish s'exauce. Along the Nile or she bathes, she saw the basket and discovered the child. She did not resist and decided to save and take to the son. She calls him Moses which in Egyptian means "saved water". She begs her brother Seti to grant the adoption. Seti, who is unaware that he is a Hebrew, agrees. Rameses, the son of Pharaoh and Moses grow together as equals.
Nefertari is of royal blood as Ramses. She, Moses and Rameses know since childhood. Nefertari is in love with Moses and hopes to marry her, but on the other hand, she realizes that will be the future pharaoh Ramses and it will bend itself to his rank by marrying: the heart of Nefertari is tortured between the love she has for Moses and his duty to submit to a marriage of convenience.
Moses grew up, went to his brethren, and looked on their burdens. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brothers. He looked side to side, and seeing that there was no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
He left the next day, behold, two Hebrews quarreling. He said to him that was wrong: Why are you hitting your neighbor?
And this man said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us? Do you kill me as you killed the Egyptian? Moses was afraid and said, Surely the thing is known. Pharaoh heard what had happened, and he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian, where he stopped near a well.
The conviction of Moses made a great noise, four women mourn his exile: Yocheved who loses all hope of seeing her son, Bithia who raised, Nefertari is deeply in love with him and his sister Miriam. Pharaoh suffers from the absence of Moses and feels terrible remorse, he is very ill and eventually makes his last breath without seeing Moses. His son Rameses succeeds him once already and organizes his future life.
After wandering in the desert, Moses reached a tight oasis. Not far away, there is a well to which he heads. It comes at a time when young girls are annoyed by the nomads of passage. Despite the exhaustion, fatigue Moses finds the strength to defend them and goes to fetch the water for her. To thank him for his generosity, the women invite Moses in the tent of their father who welcomes him with open arms.
Jethro , the patriarch who has only daughters, adopted Moses in his clan and he offers to marry one of his daughters. Moses moved agrees to marry the eldest.
Two marriages are made simultaneously, that of Moses and Zipporah in nomadic country and that of Ramses and Nefertari in Egypt.
Moses became a shepherd grazes his flock on Mount Horeb. But that day something happens! Then he sees a burning bush , a voice is heard is that of God. He ordered him to remove the Hebrews from Egypt and lead them to another land farther east. Moses can not escape God's hand and then to execute the will of God.
Ramses reign as tyrant , but soon he will be confronted with Moses, the messenger of God. The people who like Moses argues, but Ramses has a powerful army. Moses warned Rameses places and ordered him to liberate his people. But Rameses not care, he defies the threat Moses. Thus begins a struggle between two men: the power of God against the powers of Egypt.
Moses Ramses ads that plagues descend upon the Kingdom of Egypt, including the death of the first born Egyptians. The young son of Ramses and Nefertari dies. Vanquished, then left Rameses Moses and his people go.
The Hebrews are now freed from the conditions of their slaves. Yocheved, Bithia, Miriam and Aaron's brother Moses accompany it, and Joshua that Moses loves like a son. But there are still obstacles to overcome! Before the Red Sea , Moses asks God to enable them to cross. The miracle occurs, Moses using his staff dismisses waters. The Egyptian soldiers were ordered to kill Moses but the waters are closed to them: the Egyptian and are arrested by the hand of God.
Moses went to the mountain of God. God speaks to him again. Transfiguration , Moses brings the two tablets of the law, that of the Ten Commandments. But when it descends from the mountain his brothers took over the old Egyptian cult. Moses brings them back to reason and cites the 10 Commandments.
Scenes summarized
Act I
- Seti (Pharaoh) orders the slaughter of the firstborn Hebrew
- Yocheved forced abandons her newborn
- Bithia, sister of Pharaoh, collects the cradle
- Sethi agrees that Bithia guard Moses, who will be high with Ramses, his own son
- Nefertari is torn between Moses and Rameses.
- Seti seriously ill designate as his successor Ramesses
- Management work is given to Moses
- The suffering of the enslaved Hebrews
- Moses witnessed the suffering of the Hebrews
- Moses intervenes between an Egyptian and Hebrew abused
- The death of the Egyptian and prayer
- Moses is ordered by the Pharaoh who hunt in the desert
- Yocheved, Bithia, Nefertari and Miriam Moses cry
- Seti dies and becomes Pharaoh Ramses
- Meet Girls Jethro
- The marriage of Moses with Zipporah, one of the daughters of Jethro
- The marriage of Ramses and Nephertari
Act II
- Moses became a shepherd, hear God on Mount Horeb Who ordered him to free his people
- Leaving his new family behind him, Moses from Egypt alone
- Ramses undisputed master, makes life miserable for the Hebrews slaves
- Moses met Ramses and ordered him to free his people
- The two brothers clash
- The 10 wounds announced by Moses to descend on Egypt Ramses
- Pharaoh's son died. Distressed, he leaves from Moses
- The Hebrew people left Egypt freed
- Moses with God's help open waters of the Red Sea that fold over the Egyptians
- The lamentation of Ramses and Moses, brothers forever separated
- Moses began the ascent of Mount Horeb to account to God
- The Hebrews are set to worship the Egyptian gods
- Moses before and brings the history of stones engraved with the 10 Commandments of God
Songs and interludes
Act I
- The prayers of the World (Introduction)
- The massacre
- I abandons
- He called Moses
- The dilemma
- Seti and his Empire
- Disagree
- Making Dreams Come True
- The Jewish People
- The maximum penalty
- Rhythmically
- I had never prayed
- The trial
- Without him
- Moses Oh
- The meeting
- He is the one I wanted
- Marriages
Act II
- Whoever goes
- But you go away
- It is my will
- Let my people go
- To each his sword
- The Ten Plagues
- The unacceptable
- FREE
- By the sea
- My brother
- Reason for Hope
- The Golden Calf
- The Ten Commandments
- The desire to love - 33. Final
Specifications
- Directed by: Elie Chouraqui
- Music: Pascal Obispo
- Texts: Lionel Florence and Patrice Guirao
- Choreography: Kamel Ouali
- Decor: Giantito Burchiellaro
- Costumes: Sonia Rykiel
- Label Production: 7 ART
- Producers: Elie Chouraqui, Dove Attia and Albert Cohen
- Casting Director: Bruno Berbers
Cast
- Pedro Alves (Aaron)
- Lisbet Guldbaek (Bithia)
- Daniel Levi (Moses)
- Ginie Line (Nefertari)
- Ahmed Mouici (Ramses)
- Nourith (Sephora)
- Pablo Villafranca (Joshua)
- Anne Warin (Yocheved)
- Yael Naim (Myriam)
Actor
- Jocelyn Durveil: Seti
The Replacements
- Joshaa Moses
- Anath Benais: Nefertari and Zipporah
- Patrice Carmona: Ramses
- Emmanuel Dahl Joshua and Aaron
- Delphine Elba Bithia, and Myriam Yochbed
Liners
- Merwan Rim : Ramses
- Emmanuel Dahl Joshua and Aaron
- Joana: Sephora and Yochbed
- Alexandra Lucci: Nefertari
- Clarisse Lavanant : Sephora and Bithia
- Fabian Richard Joshua and Aaron
- Anissa Stil: Myriam
- Patrice Carmona: Ramses
- Richard Ross: Moses
- Delphine Elba Bithia, and Myriam Yochbed
Products
DVDs of the musical
- The prayers of the world - 2'40
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- The killing of newborns - 1'37
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- I leave to retire - 4'11
- Voice Actor: Lisbeth Guldbaek / Anne Warin
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- He called Moses - 2'57
- Voice Actor: Lisbeth Guldbaek
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- Sethi and his empire - 1'25
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- The dilemma - 3'48
- Voice Actor: Ginie Line
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- Disagree - 0'12
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- To each his own dream - 3'37
- Voice Actor: Daniel Levi / Ahmed Mouici
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Peter Jaconelli / Pascal Obispo
- The Hebrew people - 0'14
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- The maximum penalty - 4'38
- Voice Actor: Pablo Villafranca
- Author: Pascal Obispo / Patrice Guirao / Lionel Florence
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- Paddling - 0'46
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- I had never prayed - 2'50
- Voice Actor: Daniel Levi / Pablo Villafranca
- Author: Pascal Obispo / Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Calogero
- The trial - 1'20
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- Without him - 0'49
- Voice Actor: Ginie Line / Ahmed Mouici
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- Oh Moses - 5'32
- Voice Actor: Lisbeth Guldbaek / Pedro Alves / Anne Warin / Yael Naim
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- The meeting - 0'49
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- He is the one I wanted - 0'57
- Voice Actor: Nourith
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- Whoever goes - 5'33
- Voice Actor: Daniel Levi
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- But you go away - 5'28
- Voice Actor: Nourith / Yael Naim / Lisbeth Guldbaek / Ginie Line
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- It is my will - 1'40
- Voice Actor: Yael Naim / Ahmed Mouici
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- Let my people go - 4'11
- Voice Actor: Anne Warin
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- To each his own sword - 0'45
- Voice Actor: Daniel Levi / Ahmed Mouici
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- The Ten Plagues - 0'30
- Composer: Ian Inverde
- The unacceptable - 3'41
- Voice Actor: Ginie Line
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- Free - 4'49
- Voice Actor: Yael Naim
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- By the sea - 4'21
- Voice Actor: Pedro Alves
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- My brother - 5'45
- Voice Actor: Daniel Levi / Ahmed Mouici
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- Reason for Hope - 4'31
- Voice Actor: Nourith
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Calogero
- The Golden Calf - 0'23
- Composer: Peter Jaconelli / Lawrence Vernerey / Christophe Deschamps
- The Ten Commandments - 5'55
- Voice Actor: Daniel Levi
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- The desire to love + final - 12'35
- Voice Actor: Daniel Levi / The Gang Of Ten Commandments
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- Making of and behind the scenes preparation for the show - 0'19
- Voice Actor: Pascal Obispo / Elie Chouraqui / The Gang Of Ten Commandments / Multi-Cast
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- Casting of the 10 Commandments Presentation interpreters - 2'35
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- The desire to love - 5'10
- Voice Actor: Daniel Levi
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- The maximum penalty - 0'49
- Voice Actor: Pablo Villafranca
- Author: Pascal Obispo / Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
- My brother - 4'56
- Voice Actor: Daniel Levi / Ahmed Mouici / Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Author / Composer: Pascal Obispo
- The dilemma - 3'32
- Voice Actor: Ginie Line
- Author: Lionel Florence / Patrice Guirao
- Composer: Pascal Obispo
Double CD album "Full" (April 18, 2001)
Disc 1
- I Abandoned
- He called Moses
- The Dilemma
- Making Dreams Come True
- Maximum Penalty
- I had never prayed
- Without Him
- Moses Oh
- Is it the one I wanted
Disc 2
- One Who Will
- But you go away
- It's My Desire
- Let My People Go away
- To Each His Sword
- The unacceptable
- Free
- Sea front
- My Brother
- Reason for Hope
CD single album
- I abandons
- He called Moses
- The dilemma
- Making Dreams Come True
- The maximum penalty
- Moses Oh
- He is the one I wanted
- But you go away
- Let my people go
- FREE
- Sea front
- My brother
- The Ten Commandments
- The desire to love
Book Albin Michel
Alain Mamou-Mani , Archbishop Thomas, Dalil Boubaker, Rabbi Joseph Sitruk "The Ten Commandments" by Albin Michel
The Group
- Battery: Christophe Deschamps
- Bass: Lawrence Vernerey
- Programming & Keyboards: Ian Inverde & Christophe Voisin
- Guitars: Peter Jaconelli
- Percussion: Denis Benarrosch
- Piano: Jean-Yves d'Angelo
- String arrangements & Directions: Nick Ingman (2,3,7,10,13 & 14), David Sinclair Whitaker (1,6,8 & 12) & Olivier Schulteis (5.9 & 11)
- Orchestra: The Bows of Paris and France
CD single
- The desire to love, played by Daniel Levi
- The maximum penalty, played by Pablo Villafranca
- The Dilemma, played by Ginie Line
- My brother, played by Daniel Levi and Ahmed Mouici
- FREE, performed by Yael Naim
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