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Musical

Les Dix Commandements
Cover of DVD release
Music	Pascal Obispo
Lyrics	Lionel Florence and Patrice Guirao
Productions	Elie Chouraqui, Dove Attia and Albert Cohen at Palais des Sports de Paris in 2000

Les Dix Commandements is a French-language musical comedy written by Élie Chouraqui and Pascal Obispo that premiered in Paris in October 2000.

In 2022, the musical premiered in the English language with an American adaptation written and directed by David Serero (starring as Moses) in New York. The U.S. Cast Album Recording's first single, "The Maximum Pain," is released. For this production, David Serero was awarded for "Theatrical Excellence" by The Musical Theater Radio and was nominated for Best Director and Performer at the 2022 BroadwayWorld Awards.

The musical in two acts became the basis of similar musicals elsewhere, including Patrick Leonard's film The Ten Commandments: The Musical.

Cast

Principal actors

Pedro Alves (Aaron)
Lisbet Guldbaek (Bithia)
Daniel Lévi (Moses)
Ginie Line (Nefertari)
Ahmed Mouici (Ramsès)
Nourith (Sephora)
Pablo Villafranca (Joshua)
Anne Warin (Yokébed)
Yael Naim (Myriam)

Comedian

Jocelyn Durvel (Séthi)

Alternative actors

Joshaa: Moses
Anath Benais: Nefertari and Séphora
Patrice Carmona: Ramsés
Emmanuel Dahl: Joshua and Aaron
Delphine Elbe: Bithia, Yochébed and Myriam

New casting

Merwan Rim (Ramsès)
Joana (Séphora and Yochébed)
Alexandra Lucci (Nefertari)
Clarisse Lavanant (Sephora and Bithia)
Fabian Richard (Joshua and Aaron)
Anissa Stili (Myriam)
Richard Ross (Moses)
Chris Martin (Moses)

Technical staff

Direction: Elie Chouraqui
Music: Pascal Obispo
Texts: Lionel Florence and Patrice Guirao
Choreography: Kamel Ouali
Decor: Giantito Burchiellaro
Costumes: Sonia Rykiel
Production label: 7 ART
Producers: Elie Chouraqui, Dove Attia and Albert Cohen
Director of casting: Bruno Berberes

Songs

Act 1

Introduction: Les prières du monde (Introduction: The Prayers of The World) (Moïse)
Le massacre (The Slaughter) (Orchestre)
Je laisse à l'abandon (I Let To Abandon) (Yokebed/Bithia)
Il s'appellera Moïse (He Will Be Called Moses) (Bithia)
Séthi et son Empire (Seti and His Empire) (Orchestre)
Le dilemme (The Dilemma) (Nefertari/Moïse/Ramses)
Désaccord (Disagreement)(Orchestre)
À chacun son rêve (Every Man has a dream) (Moïse/Ramses)
Le peuple Juif (The Jewish People) (Orchestre)
La peine maximum (The Maximum Pain) (Joshua/Aaron)
En cadence (Rhythmically) (Orchestre)
Je n'avais jamais prié (I Had Never Prayed) (Joshua/Moïse)
Le procès (The Trial) (Orchestra)
Sans lui (Without Him) (Nefertari/Ramses)
Oh Moïse (Oh Moses) (Yokebed/Aaron/Myriam/Bithia)
La rencontre (The Encounter) (Orchestra)
Il est celui que je voulais (He is The One I Wanted) (Sephora)

Act 2

Celui qui va/Le Buisson Ardent (Whoever Goes/The Burning Bush) (Moïse)
Mais tu t’en vas (But You leave) (Sephora/Nefertari/Myriam/Bithia/)
C’est ma volonté (It's My Will) (Ramses/Myriam)
Laisse mon peuple s’en aller (Let My People Go) (Yokebed/Moise/Hebrews)
À chacun son glaive (Every Man Has His Sword) (Ramses/Moïse)
Les dix plaies (The Ten Plagues) (Orchestra)
L’inacceptable (The Unacceptable) (Nefertari)
L.I.B.R.E. (Liberty) (Myriam/Hebrews)
Devant la mer (Before The Sea) (Aaron)
Mon frère (My Brother) (Ramses/Moïse)
Une raison d’espérer (A Reason To Hope) (Sephora)
Le veau d’or (The Golden Calf) (Orchestra)
Les dix commandements (The Ten Commandments) (Moïse/Hebrews)
L'envie d'aimer/Final (The Desire To Love) (Full Cast)

Discography

L'intégral (CD double album - released 18 April 2001)

CD1

Je Laisse à L'abandon
Il S'appellera Moïse
Le Dilemme
À Chacun Son Rêve
La Peine Maximum
Je N'avais Jamais Prié
Sans Lui
Oh Moïse
Il Est Celui Que Je Voulais

CD2

Celui Qui Va
Mais Tu T'en Vas
C'est Ma Volonté
Laisse Mon Peuple S'en Aller
À Chacun Son Glaive
L'inacceptable
L.i.b.r.e.
Devant La Mer
Mon Frère
Une Raison D'espérer

Simple album (1 CD)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Je laisse à l'abandon
Il s'appellera Moïse
Le dilemme
À chacun son rêve
La peine maximum
Oh Moïse
Il est celui que je voulais
Mais tu t'en vas
Laisse mon peuple s'en aller
L-I-B-R-E
Devant La Mer
Mon frère
Les dix commandements
L'envie d'aimer

Technical staff

Christophe Deschamps - drums
Laurent Vernerey - bass
Ian Inverd & Christophe Voisin - programming and keyboards
Pierre Jaconelli - guitar
Denis Benarrosch - percussions
Jean-Yves d'Angelo - piano
Nick Ingman, David Sinclair Whitaker & Olivier Schultheis - arrangements
Les Archets de Paris et de France - orchestra

References

"THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Musical Will Make US Premiere in May".
Rine, Natalie (2022-05-16). "Off-Broadway: English premiere of French musical "The Ten Commandments"". Broadway DNA Blog. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
"The Ten Commandments, The Musical on New York City: Get Tickets Now! | Theatermania - 367631". 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
Birchmeier, Jason. "Les Dix Commandements". AllMusic.

v t e Ten Commandments
Tablets of Stone · Finger of God · Ritual Decalogue
Commandments	I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have no other gods before me Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy Honour thy father and thy mother Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour Thou shalt not covet
Topics	Moses Biblical Mount Sinai Mount Sinai Mount Horeb Ark of the Covenant lid Book of Exodus The Exodus
In art	Descent from Mount Sinai (Sistine Chapel, 1481-1482 painting) Moses (c. 1513–1515 sculpture) Moses and his Ethiopian wife Zipporah (c. 1645-1650 painting) Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law (1659 painting) Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain (1876) Moses (1962 sculpture) Moses (1968 sculptures, 3/3)
Media	The Ten Commandments (1923 film) The Ten Commandments (1956 film) Les Dix Commandements (2000 musical) The Ten Commandments (2004 musical) The Ten Commandments (2006 miniseries) The Ten (2007 film) The Ten Commandments (2007 film) I Am (2010 film) The Ten Commandments (2016 film)
Related	Joshua In Catholic theology Tabot Alternatives 613 commandments Seven Laws of Noah Great Commandment Golden Rule Ethics in the Bible

Book of Exodus media

Art

The Crossing of the Red Sea (1482)
Crossing of the Red Sea (1542)
The Crossing of the Red Sea (1634)
The Adoration of the Golden Calf (1634)
The Manna (c. 1638)
Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law (1659)
The Fifth Plague of Egypt (1800)
Victory O Lord! (1871)
Dance Around the Golden Calf (1910)

Film

Biblical	The Ten Commandments (1923) The Moon of Israel (1924) The Ten Commandments (1956) Moses und Aron (1973) Moses the Lawgiver (1974) Moses (1995) The Prince of Egypt (1998) The Exodus Decoded (2006) The Ten Commandments (2006) The Ten Commandments (2007) Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) The Ten Commandments: The Movie (2016) Seder-Masochism (2018)
Modern settings	The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) The Reaping (2007) Exodus (2007)

Musical

Les Dix Commandements (2000)
The Ten Commandments: The Musical (2004)
The Prince of Egypt (2015)

Opera

Mosè in Egitto (1818)
Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le passage de la mer rouge (1827)
Moses und Aron (1951)

Music

Israel in Egypt (1739)
Creeping Death (1984)
Exodus (2002)
Plague Songs (2006)

Television

Literature

Exodus (10th century)
Moon of Israel (1918)
Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939)
The Tables of the Law (1944)

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