'Die Jugend Abrahams' by Michail Gnesin can be considered the first national Jewish opera in Hebrew in music history.
Composer Biography
Michail Gnesin, a Jewish composer, was rejected from the Moscow Conservatory in 1900 due to his Jewish background, an experience that left lasting scars.
Composition History
Josef Tal began working on his opera 'Saul in Ein Dor' in 1955, commissioned by conductor Michael Taube for the Chamber Orchestra in Ramat Gan.
Recording & Production
This album features the world premiere recording of Michail Gnesin's chamber opera 'Die Jugend Abrahams'.
Composer Biography
Josef Tal's father, a rabbi and lecturer in Semitic languages, was deported to the Sobibor extermination camp and executed in 1943 during the Nazi regime.
Critical Reception
Michail Gnesin's central work, the opera 'Die Jugend Abrahams' (The Youth of Abraham), had its world premiere in 2017, exactly 60 years after his death.
Composer Biography
Josef Tal, a co-founder of Israeli classical music, was born in 1910 in Pinne, which is now part of Poland, and later moved to Berlin with his family.
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