G. F. Handel's "Esther"

Israeli Premiere

The Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra

David Shemer, Conductor

Soloists: Monte Martinsona, soprano (Esther); Teresa Gertra, soprano (the Israeli woman); Snyadze Kanfe, Alt (Mordecai); Ansis Batinsh, Tenor (Ahasuerus) Neijus Masevicius, Bass (Haman)

The Collegium Choro Musici Riga. Chorus master: Maris Kupcs

An Israeli premiere of a new adaptation to Handel's Oratorio “Esther” by Shalev Ad-El and David Shemer. A work that combines two different works by Handel written for the same story and sung in Hebrew according to Rabbi Jacob Raphael Saraval's libretto written in 1764 for the Jewish-Portuguese community in Amsterdam.