Jul 30, 2017
Giuseppe Verdi established himself as a major 19th century Italian composer in 1842 with the opera Nabucco and its powerful chorus. The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Va, pensiero) which is a chorus from the third act of the opera Nabucco, because of its lines like “O...
Jul 10, 2017
The poem “Mam Shallou” is used as the basis for the creation of an Operatorio with the same name for Mesopotamian Night 2017 production in San Jose. In the article below, Mr. Marcel Josephson gives a historical and literary review of the poem. Mr. Marcel...
Jul 9, 2017
We are delighted to announce that the Mesopotamian Night team is making good progress in bringing to life the work of prolific Assyrian writer David Elian (1910-2001) called “Maam Shallou” The article below first appeared in Melta Magazine in 2000 in Moscow. The...
Jun 1, 2017
The Assyrian Aid Society of America is proud to announce the Mesopotamian Night Sponsors Dinner 2017 which will take place on Sunday, July 23, 2017, at the beautiful Cinnabar Hills Golf Club in San Jose, California. We invite you to join us on July 23, 2017, from 5:30...
Jan 26, 2017
Dear Friends, The Mesopotamian Night team in San Jose has set up a free foundation of music and voice class for the community members. The class will start this Wednesday at 8:00 pm at the ANBSAT building. Please spread the word and feel welcome to share this flyer on...
Aug 22, 2016
We thought we should share our MN conductor message, John Kendall Bailey, to our audience and all volunteers… Congratulations, and thank you, to EVERYONE who made last night’s concert so wonderful – and who have worked on any or all of our previous...
Jul 20, 2016
Have heard of Aramaic? Do you know the difference between Aramaic and Armenian? Aramaic and Armenian are as different as Hebrew and Russian. Aramaic, like Hebrew, is a Semitic language of huge historical significance. Aramaic was the lingua franca of the Middle East...
Jul 14, 2016
Our gratitude for the job well done by ANB Sat for making and broadcasting our commercial of the 9th Annual Mesopotamian Night in English and Assyrian. Also, to our wonderful volunteers Fred Elieh and Mariam Shamelta for the voice over in the videos. MN2016 will be...
Jul 7, 2016
Our luck this year has changed and Assyrian recording artist and composer Linda George will be performing some of her most popular songs live for the first time accompanied by the Mesopotamian Night Symphony Orchestra. Linda started singing at the age of five at St....
Jun 29, 2016
The history of choirs can be traced to millennia before Christ. It is known that in ancient Assyria there were choirs accompanying musicians in processions. After converting to Christianity many kind of musical presentations disappeared. The first to bring music into...
