Join Orchestra Miami for a rare opportunity to hear a lost musical masterpiece! You can “discover Miami through music” as Orchestra Miami present’s Kurt Weill’s rarely-heard oratorio The Road of Promise at Temple Emanu-El on Miami Beach on February 4th and 5th, 2023. Adapted from Weill’s mammoth opera, The Eternal Road, by Ed Harsh, The Road of Promise is a piece of living history. Conceived as a method of raising the American public’s awareness to Hitler’s persecution of the Jews in 1937, The Road of Promise is set in a synagogue where Jews hide as a pogrom rages outside. The story combines Biblical & pre-World War II Jewish history, set to Weill’s unique and unforgettable musical language, with influences of cantorial lamentations, classical fugues and showtunes, among other styles.

The Road of Promise is a part of Orchestra Miami’s Discover Miami Through Music series, which brings appropriately themed concerts to Miami’s landmarks and places of historic interest so that we can learn more about our city, and each other, through music. With its impressive & eclectic Byzantine & Moorish architecture and copper dome, Temple Emanu-El is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful synagogues in the US. Orchestra Miami’s performances on Saturday, February 4th at 8 PM and Sunday, February 5th at 3 PM will be only the second time that this incredible masterwork will be performed professionally, outside of its Carnegie Hall premiere in 2015.

What: Discover Miami Through Music: The Road of Promise presented by Orchestra Miami, led by Artistic Director Elaine Rinaldi and staged by Michael Yawney. Featuring Anthony Dean Griffey as the Rabbi, Mark Delavan as Abraham, Moses & Jeremiah and Elizabeth Caballero as Rachel. Also featuring David Margulis as Jacob/David, Stephani Newman as Miriam/Ruth and Philip Kalmanovitch as Salomon.

When: Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 at 8:00 PM AND Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Where: Temple Emanu-El, 1701 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, 33139

How Much: Tickets are $20 (partial view)/ $25/ $30/ $40/ $60 with a 20% discount offered for seniors.