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Young opera singer students performing in the 2022 summer opera program in Tel Aviv (Courtesy Noy Dekel)
June 25, 2023, 1:24 pm
In Tel Aviv, indoor and outdoor arias from singers in training
City’s Conservatory of Music hosts three weeks of free and ticketed performances
By Jessica Steinberg
From 'Theodor,' the new original Hebrew opera about Theodor Herzl, premiering May 10, 2023 at The Israeli Opera (Courtesy Israeli Opera)
May 6, 2023, 10:32 am
A tale of two Herzls premieres in Tel Aviv in new opera ‘Theodor’
A Hebrew libretto for the ages asks audiences to consider what pushed the Jewish journalist and activist to found the modern Zionist movement
By Jessica Steinberg
Soloists, musicians, and dancers from the Israeli Opera will perform 'The Magic Flute' with 150 members of the Acre community on January 9, 2023. (courtesy, the Israeli Opera)
January 8, 2023, 8:06 pm
Acre locals join opera pros in ‘The Magic Flute’ production
Residents aged 5 to 75 spent the last six months rehearsing and learning operatic tradition, as part of Israeli Opera community project
By Jessica Steinberg
An Israeli audience at 'Sun&Sea,' the Lithuanian opera that was performed at the Israel Festival for five days in September 2022 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 20, 2022, 6:05 pm
Jerusalem Theater gets its own beach for Israel Festival opera
Jerusalemites flock to Lithuanian beachside libretto ‘Sun & Sea’ about holidaymakers’ concerns both mundane and deep, as well as the overarching threat of climate change
By Jessica Steinberg
'Sun & Sea,' the beachside opera that spotlights climate change, winner of the 2019 Venice Biennale Golden Lion, will be performed at the 60th Israel Festival, September 15-19, 2022 (Courtesy The Artists)
August 14, 2022, 9:37 am
Upcoming Israel Festival offers sandy opera, Dayan’s missing eye and VHS memories
60th year of annual Jerusalem event aims to break down walls between performers and audiences
By Jessica Steinberg
A past performance of The New Israeli Opera at Tel Aviv's Ganei Yehoshua; this year's free production will be 'Carmen' on August 18, 2022 (Courtesy Yossi Zveker)
July 28, 2022, 10:27 pm
Israeli Opera brings ‘Carmen’ back to Tel Aviv park
Bizet’s opera offers comedy, drama and romance in equal parts in free performance at Ganei Yehoshua
By Jessica Steinberg
The Corps des ballet Dortmund Ballet brings its version of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" to the Israeli Opera stage in the 2022/2023 season (Courtesy Leszek Januszew)
May 12, 2022, 2:02 pm
Ode to Theodor Herzl to premiere at Israeli Opera
Original work is one of eight productions being staged at the Tel Aviv opera house in 2022/2023
By Jessica Steinberg
From rehearsals for 'Kundry,' an original opera created for the Regarding Goddesses arts festival launching in Tel Aviv on October 21, 2021 (Courtesy Alexey Kudrik)
October 18, 2021, 7:50 pm
Opera ‘Goddesses’ come to Tel Aviv, bringing art form to ‘unordinary places’
‘Regarding Goddesses’ event on stage and street tells two tales, of wild woman and earth mother, led by a recent immigrant to Israel from Moscow
By Jessica Steinberg
The operatic cast of a new opera based on Hanoch Levin's work, set for the Israeli Opera in July-August 2022 (Courtesy New Israeli Opera)
July 20, 2021, 10:14 am
Israeli Opera announces its 2021-2022 season
Series of 8 operas kicks off in November with a combined live-animated production of ‘The Magic Flute’
By Jessica Steinberg
The opera singers in 'Mothers,' a new opera by conductor David Sebba being performed for the first time at the Israeli Opera in June 2021 (Courtesy New Israeli Opera)
May 24, 2021, 5:16 am
After COVID, New Israeli Opera returns with biblical moms, seances
Tel Aviv-based company welcomes audiences back with 2 decidedly different operas, ‘The Medium’ and David Sebba’s ‘Mothers,’ both of which give a voice to the unheard
By Jessica Steinberg
Italian tenor Francesco Meli performing in 'Aida' in 2017; the opera singer will perform in Israel on May 29, 2021 (Courtesy Monika Rittershaus)
May 20, 2021, 2:50 pm
Italian tenor set for Israel gig, after coronavirus ‘silence’
Francesco Meli, who recovered from COVID-19, will perform arias and duets from popular Italian operas in honor of Italy’s Republic Day
By Jessica Steinberg
Conductor Dan Ettinger has returned to Israel after a year at his home in Mannheim, Germany, and is rehearsing 'Die Fledermaus,' opening at the New Israeli Opera on April 30, 2021 (Courtesy Dan Ettinger)
April 29, 2021, 8:42 pm
Israeli Opera roars back with ‘rock star’ conductor Dan Ettinger
After more than a year of COVID-imposed closure, Israeli-born maestro will conduct performances of farcical operetta ‘Die Fledermaus’ from Friday
By Jessica Steinberg
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at the National Museum Of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, Dec. 19, 2019. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images via JTA)
March 11, 2021, 11:58 pm
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s favorite opera arias performed in her honor
National Museum of American Jewish History hosting event to commemorate the late US Supreme Court justice’s 88th birthday
By Gabe Friedman
New Israeli Opera singers, from left, Goni Knaani, Daniela Skorka, Tal Ganor and Anat Czarny will appear in concert of Israeli classics when opera house reopens on March 11, 2021 (Courtesy New Israeli Opera)
March 10, 2021, 3:52 pm
Israeli Opera reopens with classics for in-house audiences
After a year of shuttered doors, New Israeli Opera relaunches season with concerts of opera and Israeli songs
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli Opera singers performing Hebrew favorites for the opera's newly broadened website (Courtesy Israeli Opera)
October 2, 2020, 9:20 pm
Israeli Opera upgrades website with features for fans at home
Site includes videos of full operas, duets and solos, and the stories behind some of the most famous arias
By Jessica Steinberg
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