MIRIAM, soprano. Mother of YESHUA. Forty-five years of age.
MARY MAGDALENE, mz.-sop. Companion of YESHUA. Not yet thirty.
PETER, tenor. Follower of YESHUA, and younger than he.
YESHUA, high baritone. Son of MIRIAM. Thirty.
PHARISEE, bass. Lay guardian of the synagogue of Capernaum.
TWO POLICE, tenor, baritone. Agents of Herod Antipas.
SIX NEWSCASTERS …who report the discovery of the Gnostic Gospels.
FIVE SEEKERS, s, mz, mz, t, b.
TAMAR, s. (Also sings Girl 2, Seeker 2.)
THREE GIRLS, s, s, mz. later, Yeshua’s Female Followers. (Girl 1 sings Seeker 1; Girl 3 sings Seeker 3.)
TWO PREACHERS, t, t. Preacher 1 sings Follower 1 and Seeker 4 [Levi;] Preacher 2 sings Follower 2.
SIMON, bn. Also sings Follower 3 & Onlooker.
ONLOOKER, bn. See Simon.
FISHMONGER, bs-bn. Also sings Follower 4 and Seeker 5.
JAMES and JOSES. Sons of Miriam.
A SQUAD OF POLICEMEN. …who disperse the crowd at Yeshua’s second sermon.
TWO EXECUTIONERS. Agents of Rome.
A SLAVE WOMAN. At Yeshua’s execution. Suspicious and shrewd.
ONLOOKERS. …at YESHUA’s sermons and his crucifixion.
SATB. The audience.
The time is now. The place is Galilee, the first century C.E.
3 Flutes 3 doubling Piccolo
3 Clarinets in B-flat doubling Bass Clarinet in B-flat
3 Trumpets in C
4 Horns
3 Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
3 Percussion
Piano
Harp
Strings
