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


Maestro Leonardo Sini masterfully handles the podium with the Israel Philharmonic - review

Precise timing and coordination of the participants are the essence of opera productions, and Sini unified the orchestra, soloists, and chorus with skill.

 MAESTRO LEONARDO SINI.

'Theodor' returns to Israeli Opera

The opera attempts to answer why and how Zionism – and our own existence as Hebrew-speaking Jews in Israel – emerged.

 Theodor

Opera to show screenings on Valentine’s Day across Israel

The opera was recently performed at the Israeli Opera in a vivid homage to the late director Omri Nitzan under revival director Shirit Lee Weiss. 

 MARIA NAZAROVA and Bogdan Volkov in ‘The Love Elixir.’

A masterful ‘Otello’ at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv - review

Pascu’s fantastic performance masterfully kept guests on the edge of these said seats and was equally rich with such small details.

 IAGO IS ABLE to poison Otello’s mind in the great Verdi opera.

Top 10 reasons to leave the house: January 31 - February 11

These are the top 10 reasons to leave the house this week.

 THE ISRAEL Opera’s version of Humperdinck’s ‘Hansel and Gretel

Jerusalem highlights: January 24 – January 30

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 ‘HaOger’ (The Hoarder; see Mon day).

Louisville Orchestra remembers its concertmaster with an opera he performed in a concentration camp

Though Kling played in rehearsals for “Der Kaiser von Atlantis,” the opera was never performed in Theresienstadt.

 Teddy Abrams, music director of the Louisville Orchestra, was integral to the decision to stage "Der Kaiser von Atlantis" to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Israeli Opera revives Verdi's 'Otello'

If theater-goers are left to wonder whether Iago hates Otello because he is a racist or because he was skipped for promotion, opera patrons are rewarded with his aria.

 A REHEARSAL this week of Verdi’s Otello at the Israeli Opera.

Inspiration behind Poulenc's Opera: 16 guillotined nuns canonized by Pope Francis

On July 17, 1794, at 8:00 p.m., the nuns were executed in the Place du Trône, today's Place de la Nation, after being convicted of hostility to the French Revolution.

 Pope Francis approved the canonization of 16 Carmelite nuns executed during the French Revolution.

My Word: Arts for survival’s sake

As the war rages on, art like ballet and opera brings moments of solace, hope, and a brief escape from harsh realities.

 ARTIST ZADOK Ben-David points to his installation ‘The Other Side of Midnight’ at Jerusalem’s Tower of David Museum.