(Photo Credit: Israeli Opera House) Taking three years to write, composer Yonatan Cnaan and director Ido Ricklin’s opera, “Theodor: The Unknown Story of Herzl,” is a summarization of Theodor Herzl’s life. It was premiered by the Israeli Opera House in 2023, following the attacks on October 7th, 2023. Conducted by Nimrod David Pfeffer, the evening was powerful and monumental. Luckily, {…}
The Israeli Opera will present the U.S. premiere of “Theodor: The Unknown Story of Herzl” on Sept. 23, 2024. The showcase is set to take place at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center in New York. The opera film stars Oded Reich, Noam Heinz, and Anat Czarny. The film will be accompanied by live performances of pieces from the opera {…}
The Israeli Opera has named Tali Barash Gottlieb as the new Executive Director of Israeli Opera. She will succeed Zach Granit, who will stay with the company as Artistic Director. Gottlieb was previously the Executive Director of the Israel Philharmonic Foundation where she created a strong and influential global network of support for the IPO. In a statement via Linkedin, {…}
The Israeli Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Yael Levita, Shira Patchornik, Joel Prieto, and Granit Musliu star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” alongside Oded Reich, Michael Schwarze, and Nahuel di Piero. Alessandro de Marchi conducts the production by Shirit Lee Weiss. Performance Dates: Nov. 7-18, 2024 Peter Wedd, Julian Hubbard, Alla Vasilevitsky, Shaked Strul, Eric Greene, Anat Czarny, and Tamara Navoth {…}
The Israeli Opera will not be able to celebrate World Opera Day due to the war and as a result, has released a video of “Bring Him Home.” The company took to social media and said, “Tomorrow, October 25th, is World Opera Day. But while our children and babies are being held hostage by terror organizations in underground tunnels in {…}
The Israeli Opera has canceled all current performances. The company said that it will soon decide on further postponements and/or rescheduled events. The news comes as all major Israeli orchestras and concert venues are canceling performances following the terrorist attack by Hamas and the declaration of war by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The company was set to present “Hanoch Levin {…}
The Israeli Opera has released a statement regarding performances following the surprise attack by Hamas and the declaration of war by the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The company said, “Due to the situation, customer service is operating in a limited capacity. For urgent inquiries please send an email to the email [email protected].” It added, “Existence / non-existence of shows {…}
The Israeli Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the opera productions. “Hanoch Levin – The Opera” will be conducted by David Sebba and directed by Shirit Lee Weiss. The cast will include Tom Cohen, Anat Czarny, Adi Ezra, Tal Ganor, Noam Heinz, Sivan Keren, Yael Levita, Tamara Navoth, Yair Polishook, and Oded Reich. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-22, 2023 {…}
The Israeli Opera has announced its 2021-22 season featuring eight productions. Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” opens the season with Alla Vasilevitsky, Yael Levita, Alasdair Kent, Aaron Blake, Theo Hoffman, Oded Reich, and Beate Ritter. Nimrod David Pfeffer conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 4-15, 2021 Ira Bertman, Alla Vasilevitsky, Andrei Bondarenko, and Kostas Smorginas lead Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” with Dan Ettinger conducting. {…}
The Israeli Opera has proposed to lay off 55 members of the chorus. On Thursday, Nov. 12, members received letters summoning them to hearings that are a preliminary requirement before a layoff. The news comes months after many members of the chorus, who are older and are immigrants from the former Soviet Union, have been furloughed since March due to {…}
(Photo Credit: Lizelle de Wit) The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact for many opera singers and companies all over the world. Not only were performances canceled left and right, but there were concerns over when and how singers might be able to get back on the operatic stage. As the months passed by, we saw online performances, socially distanced {…}