Purimspiel Forever – A Rock Opera (English Version)

The English version of Purimspiel Forever is now available on YouTube.

Purimspiel Forever is a rock opera first staged in Israel and now available in English. A troupe of musicians stages the biblical story of Esther—the Jewish queen who once saved her people. But as the finale draws near, history shatters the stage, shifting the action across eras: from ancient Persia to the darkness of Nazi-occupied Europe and into the present day. With every turn, the truth becomes clear: this play has no ending, only an eternal cycle they are condemned to perform again and again.

Music by Larissa & Maxim Kofman and Evgeny Yanov

Lyrics by Maxim Kofman

Original Concept by Michael Leybovich and Maxim Kofman

Guitars by Eugene Berger, Evgeny Yanov

Orchestral performance by the Symphonic Orchestra of Odessa, Ukraine

Recorded by Alexey Nagornykh

Vocal production using Synthesizer V,

Special thanks to Philipp Barsky, Yan Jonathan Sandler

Graphics based on original artwork by Dina & Egor Tenenbaum

Original Stage Cast

Stage Premiere: Gagarin, Tel Aviv – 2015

Habima-4, Tel Aviv – 2016

Evgeny Yanov

Tanya Pripevka

Leo Blanki

Yan Jonathan Sandler

Mark Umansky

Yura Kazantzev

Larissa Kofman

Maxim Kofman