FULL THE ORDERING OF MOSES (Dett) Washington DC 2023

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: The ordering of Moses  
• Composer: Dett Nathaniel  
• Libretto: Texts from scripture and folklore  
• Venue & Opera Company: Mount Vernon Place United Methodist, Washington DC  
• Recorded: February 4, 2023
• Type: Concert Semi-staged
• Singers: Melissa Wimbish, Gayssie Lugo. Albert Lee, Carl Dupont, Elise Jenkins, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Brandon Lockhart, Daniel J. Smith, Jihanna Davis, Michael Lodico
• Conductor: Stanley Thrurston  
• Orchestra:
• Chorus: Heritage Signature Chorale  
• Choreographer: Shawna J. Williams  
• Stage Director: Jarrod Lee, Timothy Nelson   
• Stage Designer: Richshaad Ryan, Maria Bissex, Paul Callahan  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: INSeries  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: INVision     FULL VIDEO
•  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Nathaniel Dett’s 1930’s choral oratorio THE ORDERING OF MOSES weaves together classic spirituals into a musical feast that helped ignite America’s civil rights movement. Now IN Series and Heritage Signature Chorale join forces in a first ever staging of this epic masterpiece, in which music and theater, chorus and soloists, surround and immerse audiences in an embodied spiritual and artistic experience – collaborating with DC musicians, dancers, and visual artists, and a cast of nationally recognized vocalists. Inspired by the much acclaimed 2019 L’Enfance du Christ, here a sacred space is transformed with the paintings of Richshaad Ryan into a sanctuary of melody and meaning.