Les Dix Commandements is a French-language musical comedy written by Élie Chouraqui

Élie Chouraqui

Élie Chouraqui is a French film director and scriptwriter of Jewish origin.-Filmography:*1978: Mon premier amour*1980: Une page d'amour*1982: Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David?*1985: Paroles et musique...

 and Pascal Obispo

Pascal Obispo

Pascal Michel Obispo is a French singer/songwriter.Pascal Obispo started singing in 1980. He got his first record deal in 1990, Le long du fleuve. With his second album, Plus que tout au monde, selling over 2 million albums, his songs became a popular success...

 that premiered in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 in October 2000. The musical in two acts became the basis of similar musicals elsewhere including Patrick Leonard

Patrick Leonard

Patrick Raymond Leonard is an American songwriter, keyboardist and music producer, known for his longtime collaboration with Madonna on many different recordings....

's The Ten Commandments: The Musical

The Ten Commandments: The Musical

The Ten Commandments: The Musical is a musical with music by Patrick Leonard and lyrics by Maribeth Derry. The book is adapted from the French musical Les dix commandements created by Élie Chouraqui from an idea by Albert Cohen....

.

Cast

Principal actors

• Pedro Alves (Aaron)
• Lisbet Guldbaek (Bithia)
• Daniel Lévi
  Daniel Lévi
  Daniel Lévi , is a French singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.-Biography:Daniel Lévi was born in Constantine, French Algeria. He spent his childhood in Lyon, where he was preparing for his job as a musician studying piano for a decade at the conservatory in the city. In 1983, he composed and...
  
   (Moses
  Moses
  Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...
  
  )
• Ginie Line (Nefertari)
• Ahmed Mouici (Ramsès)
• Nourith (Sephora)
• Pablo Villafranca (Joshua
  Joshua
  Joshua , is a minor figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel and in few passages as Moses's assistant. He turns to be the central character in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua...
  
  )
• Anne Warin (Yokébed)
• Yaël Naim
  Yael Naim
  Yael Naïm , is a French-Israeli singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in 2008 in the US after her hit single "New Soul" was used by Apple in an advertising campaign for its MacBook Air. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Biography:Yael Naïm was born in Paris, France to Tunisian Jewish...
  
   (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
  Merwan Rim
  Mourad Merwan Rim , best known as Merwan Rim, is a French actor and singer-songwriter.-Biography:At the age of 17, Merwan Rim started to learn and instruments as an autodidact. Realizing his gift in musical arts, Merwan decided to become a full time musician...
  
   (Ramsès)
• Joana (Séphora and Yochébed)
• Alexandra Lucci (Nefertari)
• Clarisse Lavanant (Sephora and Bithia)
• Fabian Richard (Joshua and Aaron)
• Anissa Stili (Myriam)
• Richard Ross (Moses)

Technical staff

• Direction: Elie Chouraqui
  Élie Chouraqui
  Élie Chouraqui is a French film director and scriptwriter of Jewish origin.-Filmography:*1978: Mon premier amour*1980: Une page d'amour*1982: Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David?*1985: Paroles et musique...
  
  
• Music: Pascal Obispo
  Pascal Obispo
  Pascal Michel Obispo is a French singer/songwriter.Pascal Obispo started singing in 1980. He got his first record deal in 1990, Le long du fleuve. With his second album, Plus que tout au monde, selling over 2 million albums, his songs became a popular success...
  
  
• Texts: Lionel Florence et Patrice Guirao
• Choreography: Kamel Ouali
  Kamel Ouali
  Kamel Ouali is a French choreographer.-Biography:Kamel Ouali was born in Paris. He is of Algerian descent.Dance teacher at the Dance Academy of Paris and at the Conservatories of La Courneuve and Saint Denis, Kamel Ouali works with artists on video clips and on some French musicals like Les Dix...
  
  
• Decor: Giantito Burchiellaro
• Costumes: Sonia Rykiel
  Sonia Rykiel
  Sonia Rykiel née Flis is a French fashion designer.Ethnically a Polish-Romanian Jew, Sonia Rykiel was born in Neuilly a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, the eldest of five daughters of a Polish mother and a Romanian father. At the age of 17, she was employed to dress the window...
  
  
• Production label: 7 ART
• Producers: Elie Chouraqui
  Élie Chouraqui
  Élie Chouraqui is a French film director and scriptwriter of Jewish origin.-Filmography:*1978: Mon premier amour*1980: Une page d'amour*1982: Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David?*1985: Paroles et musique...
  
  , Dove Attia and Albert Cohen
• Director of casting: Bruno Berberes

Songs

Act 1

1. Les prières du monde (Introduction)
2. Le massacre
3. Je laisse à l'abandon
4. Il s'appellera Moïse
5. Le dilemme
6. Séthi et son Empire
7. Désaccord
8. À chacun son rêve
9. Le peuple Juif
10. La peine maximum
11. En cadence
12. Je n'avais jamais prié
13. Le procès
14. Sans lui
15. Oh Moïse
16. La rencontre
17. Il est celui que je voulais
18. Les mariages

Act 2

1. Celui qui va
2. Mais tu t’en vas
3. C’est ma volonté
4. Laisse mon peuple s’en aller
5. À chacun son glaive
6. Les dix plaies
7. L’inacceptable
8. L.I.B.R.E
9. Devant la mer
10. Mon frère
11. Une raison d’espérer
12. Le veau d’or
13. Les dix commandements
14. L'envie d'aimer - 33. Final

Discogaraphy

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

CD1

1. Je Laisse à L'abandon
2. Il S'appellera Moïse
3. Le Dilemme
4. À Chacun Son Rêve
5. La Peine Maximum
6. Je N'avais Jamais Prié
7. Sans Lui
8. Oh Moïse
9. Il Est Celui Que Je Voulais

CD2

1. Celui Qui Va
2. Mais Tu T'en Vas
3. C'est Ma Volonté
4. Laisse Mon Peuple S'en Aller
5. À Chacun Son Glaive
6. L'inacceptable
7. L.i.b.r.e.
8. Devant La Mer
9. Mon Frère
10. Une Raison D'espérer
    • Simple album (1 CD)
11. Je laisse à l'abandon
12. Il s'appellera Moïse
13. Le dilemme
14. À chacun son rêve
15. La peine maximum
16. Oh Moïse
17. Il est celui que je voulais
18. Mais tu t'en vas
19. Laisse mon peuple s'en aller
20. L-I-B-R-E
21. Devant La Mer
22. Mon frère
23. Les dix commandements
24. 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
  Nick Ingman
  Nicholas Ingman is an orchestra conductor and composer.Early recordings include:*'Big Beat' *'The Love Album' *'Terminator'...
  
  , David Sinclair Whitaker & Olivier Schultheis
  Olivier Schultheis
  Olivier Schultheis is a musician, a lyricist, a composer and a conductor. He won the top prize of Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris for his absolute pitch technique....
  
  - arrangements
• Les Archets de Paris et de France - orchestra