Esther - Le Salut d'Israel par Esther: Oratorio en langue hebraique en trois actes (1774) (Video)

Accompanied by the concert's program notes, including the Hebrew libretto by Jacob Raphael Saraval, with French, English and German translations. A co-production of the Jewish Music Research Centre, The Israel Festival and the Israel Broadcasting Authority.
A recording of the world premiere, as performed in the the Henry Crown Symphony Hall at the Jerusalem Theater (May 31, 2000), on a VHS-PAL video cassette.
Performers: The Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra (director: David Shemer); Collegium Tel Aviv (director: Avner Itai); The Moran Choir’s Chamber Group (director: Naomi Faran); Adi Even-Or, Soprano (Ester); Andreas Post, Tenor (Mordocai); Chen Reiss, Soprano (Donna Israelita); David Sebba, Baritone (Haman); Alexander Kaimbacher, Tenor (Ahasveros); Emanuel Halperin, Announcer; Avner Itai, conductor. Research and edition of the scores, Israel Adler.
Sponsors: Constance and Harvey M. Krueger & Marion and Elie Wiesel. For an audio recording of the piece see reference in this site to the one published by Universal.