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 kupa@israelopera.org.il.” 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 {…}
The Israeli Opera is streaming operas live on Facebook. The company announced that it will be showcasing performances from past seasons every Saturday at 6 p.m. with Hebrew subtitles; the operas will then remain on the company’s Facebook page for future viewings. To this date the company has already streamed Puccini’s “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly,” and Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” {…}
The Israeli Opera has canceled its upcoming production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” due to the coronavirus outbreak. The company announced that due to Israel’s new regulation which limits gatherings to 100 people in order to combat the spread of the coronavirus, the production would be canceled. “Eugene Onegin” was set to open on March 20 and run through April 1, {…}
Daniele Callegari has canceled his performances of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” at the Israeli Opera. The conductor announced on social media that Israel has banned travelers from Italy due to the coronavirus and therefore will not be able to conduct the production, which opens March 20, 2020. On Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri said he will sign an {…}
Dan Ettinger is set to be the music director of the Isreali Opera and will replace conductor Daniel Oren starting in January. The Isreali maestro is the principal guest conductor of the Israel Symphony Orchestra and he is music director in Mannheim and with the Stuttgart Philharmonic. This season he is slated to conduct with the Opéra de Paris, Vienna {…}