THE PSALMS & CHORUS OF THE HEBREW SLAVES

THE PSALMS & CHORUS OF THE HEBREW SLAVES

Dr. Eden Naby and her late husband professor Richard Frye have been a supporter and sponsor of the Mesopotamian Night project since its inception in 2007. She has contributed over $100,000 in the past ten years toward our project. She has also helped us with research,...
Abboud Zeitoune Book Signing at Mesopotamian Night 2017

Abboud Zeitoune Book Signing at Mesopotamian Night 2017

We are delighted to announce that Mr. Abboud Zeitoune, the subject matter expert on modern Assyrian music, songs and recording artists history, will be joining us in Calfornia Theater lobby on October 7th for book signing. Abboud Zeitoune is author of the books...
Mesopotamian Night Sponsorship Packages available Now!

Mesopotamian Night Sponsorship Packages available Now!

Dear supporters, Your sponsorship of Mesopotamian Night make up an enormous part of our fundraising effort. Please see the flyer below to find out all the different ways available to help keeping this dream going; you can even share it with your friends. We will...
The Assyrian version of Va, pensiero (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

The Assyrian version of Va, pensiero (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

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...
Commentary on David Elian and the Poem “Mam Shallou”

Commentary on David Elian and the Poem “Mam Shallou”

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...