Peter Gelb, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera, attended the service, so Cantor Azi Schwartz took some operatic license and and paid tribute to the greatest operatic high tenor arias, incorporating them into his version of Adon Olam.
If you recognize the arias and the operas they come from, please share the information in the comments section below this post.
Here's one to start: La Donna e Mobile, from Verdi's Rigoletto.
And the others????
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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Changing the tune to opera dilutes the meaning of the prayer.
ReplyDeletea mockery of Judaism....
ReplyDeleteThe traditional L'cha dodi during Sefira is based on Se Vuol Ballare from Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart.
DeleteMagnificent!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lucky congregation.
Jack Bloomberg
Toronto, Canada
Very inspiring to hear!
ReplyDeleteJoseph Pucciatti
Princeton Junction, NJ
I would love to have such an inspiring Kabbalat Shabbat here in Jerusalem.
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