Children of many generations have been greatly impressed by the
story of Yona in the belly of the whale and imagined the deep
darkness of the "big fish" and the miraculous landing on safe
shore. But the Book of Yona also contains a different story. The
Christian, the Judaic and the Islamic narrative all show: this
prophet must have been a rather stubborn man: He knew how to tell
right from wrong and he was ready to bet not only his own life but
the life and welfare of others on this truth. This chamber opera
explores what such a strong sense of justice could have meant to
his own family and the neighbors in his village. How did it affect
his traveling companions on the boat when he run away from God's
command and headed for Tarshish, the farthest place he could
imagine? What did the people of Jerusalem, whom he warned first as
a messenger of God, make of Yona? How did the people of Nineveh,
who were rescued from destruction by his prophesies, see this man?
While all the above people are mentioned in the traditional
legends, they appear in Yona as individual characters. The story is
narrated from the perspective of Yona's fictitious daughter Shachar
(morning, dawn). The scenes of the opera are all set in Yona's
house. The time is right after the funeral of the prophet, while
his daughter is sitting the seven days of Shiva for her father.
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