Opera

Israeli Opera returns to Ofakim with community Hebrew production of The Magic Flute

According to the opera company, the performance marked its first return to Ofakim in more than a decade and formed part of its 40th anniversary season.

The Israeli Opera returned to Ofakim on Monday evening with a community production of The Magic Flute. February 3.
SHIR, the Australian Jewish Music Festival, outside the Sydney Opera House.

Jewish musical group performs song in Hebrew in historic Australia Day concert in Sydney

JOHNNY BOMBINO as Emperor Überall.

Viktor Ullmann’s 'Der Kaiser von Atlantis' as a manifesto against tyranny - review

ISRAELI CONDUCTOR Lahav Shani and members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra receive applause from the audience following their performance as guests at the Konzerthaus Berlin, as part of the ongoing Musikfest Berlin, following their disinvitation from the Flanders Festival Ghent, in Berlin, Germa

Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra performs ‘Aida’ opera - review


UK's Royal Opera cancels planned run of Tosca in Israel after internal pressure

The Israeli Opera website has dropped reference to the Royal Opera House.

The Company perform onstage during a production of Tosca by Giacmo Puccini at London Coliseum on September 28, 2022; illustrative.

Patron behind Hamburg's new opera house has resisted scrutiny of family history with Nazis

The patron behind Hamburg’s new opera house has resisted scrutiny of his family’s Nazi collaboration

Klaus-Michael Kühne, speaks to employees at the headquarters of Kühne + Nagel.

OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome

If adopted by the 400 million weekly active users of ChatGPT, OpenAI's browser could put pressure on a key component of rival Google's ad-money spigot.

 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan, February 3, 2025; illustrative.

'Turandot' returns to Israel's Opera after Operation Rising Lion

The opera was deep in rehearsals when the Israel-Iran war broke out.

 THE ISRAELI OPERA’S production of Puccini’s ‘Turandot’ has it all.

The Israeli Opera unveils Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos

“This is an opera about everything,” director Ido Ricklin says. "“It’s about love and loneliness, idealism and self-interest – and it’s at the same time about art and life itself."

The Israeli Operage stages ‘Ariadne auf Naxos.’

Vienna remembers the Holocaust with music

Israeli-led operas at Vienna’s Volksoper explore Holocaust memory, blending Ullmann’s defiance with Mozart’s Requiem in a stirring musical dialogue.

 ISRAELI CONDUCTOR Omer Meir Wellber.

Facing the Red Sea: ‘La Bohème’ opera in Tel Aviv gives the gift of imagination - review

Performed against a massive window, that, at times, alternately presents the audience with the Eiffel Tower or the City of Lights at night.

‘LA BOHEME’ with Yael Levita as Musetta.

Opera brings Eichmann’s trial to the stage in dramatic world premiere

The opera dramatizes the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, one of the central architects of the Holocaust.

 EICHMANN: THE Devil Speaks.

Puccini’s ‘La Bohème beckons audiences to the Israeli Opera

Adapted from the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger, Puccini’s version soared to hold a unique place in the hearts of audiences ever since it was first performed in 1896.

‘LA BOHÈME’ brings Paris to life.

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 ‘The Golden Sheaf’