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Elijah (German: Elias), Op. 70, MWV A 25, is an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn depicting events in the life of the Prophet Elijah as told in the books 1 Kings and 2 Kings of the Old Testament. It premiered on 26 August 1846.
When Ahab confronts Elijah, he denounces him as being the "troubler of Israel" but Elijah retorts that Ahab himself is the one who troubled Israel by allowing the worship of false gods. At Elijah's instruction, Ahab summons the people of Israel, 450 prophets of Baal, and 400 prophets of Asherah to Mount Carmel .
John Ralston – Lucius/Elijah/Jonah; Philip Akin – Isaac/John Ralston; Martha MacIsaac – Sarah, a Zealot Macky's age and a close friend of his living in Jerusalem with a strong hatred for Romans. Alison Sealy-Smith – Devorah, Isaac's wife. Tim Hamaguchi – Abe; Vanessa Thompson – Rachel, Isaac's daughter.
Elijah watched that 2019 hospital-bed footage, of him struggling to sing again, on a wall-sized video screen right before his audition, shaking his head as he pondered his miraculous, against-all ...
Stevens re-recorded the song for his 1969 album Gitarzan and again for the song's music video in 1995. A cover version of Stevens' song was released in July 1962 by Jimmy Savile, [8] [9] backed by the English pop group The Tremeloes, featuring Brian Poole. Kinky Friedman recorded the song for his 1977 album Lasso from El Paso.
On the way, Elijah meets his administrator Obadiah, who was hiding prophets during Jezebel's persecutions, and asks him to tell Ahab of his arrival. Seeking to end the worship of Baal for good, Elijah tells Ahab to invite four hundred priests of Baal and four hundred of Asherah to the top of Mount Carmel. There, he upbraids the people for their ...
The video for "November Rain" is loosely based on the short story "Without You". Axl Rose wrote the introduction to James's 1995 collection The Language of Fear, which included "Without You". [157] [158] "The Odyssey" The Odyssey: Symphony X: The Odyssey: Homer: A seven-part song based on Homer's The Odyssey [159] "Of Unsound Mind" Blessing in ...
The band performed the song as "Killing an Ahab" with lyrics inspired by Herman Melville on 2011's Reflections Tour. [13] During the band's 40th anniversary tour, the lyrics and title were changed back to "Killing an Arab". [14] The band performed the song as "Killing Another" to close out the final show on their tour in December 2022. [15]