By BARRY DAVISThe Florentine Circus troupe(photo credit: WWW.FLORENTINECIRCUS.CO.IL)Moonlighting in the Golan The annual Golan Moon Nights Festival will take place at Amphi Golan at Moshav Neot Golan, April 6 to 8.The event takes in a slew of top rock and other acts, including the likes of Hadag Nahash and vocalist Avraham Tal, seminal rock band Mashina and the genre border-leaping Seven Grand Pianos, One Stage show featuring such stellar performers as Rami Kleinstein and Shlomo Gronich.In addition to all the stage-specific entertainment, the festival organizers are laying on a wide range of fun and informative outdoor activities for all ages, interests and levels of fitness. Visitors with one eye on the history of the region can join guides from the Golan Academy on tours of the site of ancient synagogue of Um el-Kanatir. Artistic fare will be proffered in abundance at the Spring Happening at the artists’ village on Moshav Aniam, while booze is very much on the menu of the Bazelet Hagolan winery’s visitors’ center.Horseback trips for the entire family are on offer at the Gil Hagolan Center at Alonei Habashan, while anyone looking for an adrenalin rush might want to get themselves over to the Go Kart Xtreme Park at Eliad.For more information: *9066, www.eventim.co.il/golan; (04) 696-2885 and www.tourgolan.org.il Magic at the Green Village The Florentine Circus troupe is laying on a rich and varied entertainment program throughout the Passover break. From April 5 to 11, the circus’s Kfar Hayarok (Green Village) site near Ramat Hasharon will, for example, host performances of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and The Great Magicians’ Show from April 5 to 8 and April 11. The shows stars TV presenter Sophie Tzedaka, Lior Shemesh and Oded Manster, as well as circus company members.The show features an exciting mix of aerial acrobatics, fire juggling, clowns and dancing.For tickets and more information: *8023, www.pashbar.co.il/show.php; (03) 648-3811 and www.florentinecircus.co.il Blast from the past The long-running annual Yemei Zemer Festival will take place at Holon Theater for the 20th year in succession, from April 5 to 8. As usual, the lineup features some of the biggest names in the local pop and rock industry – including Shlomo Gronich, Matti Caspi, Shlomi Shaban and Ester Rada.Traditionally, the festival focuses on time-honored favorites, and the program features a show dedicated to the work of Gronich – who, along with veteran TV presenter and lyricist Amos Ettinger, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. The Gronich tribute, Sympathy of Sounds, takes in some of his biggest hits, including “Yesh Li Simpatya,” “Shirim Peshutim,” “Rosa Marzipan” and “Shir Yisraeli.” Gronich’s old sparring partner Caspi, and the harmonica-playing Adler Trio – which includes Gronich’s wife, Michal Adler – will be on board for the salute.Fans of Latin sounds should enjoy the “Tropical Country.co.il” concert, which covers material from Spain and South America, while nostalgia will rule the roost at the “Ma Avarech” concert dedicated to the work of late composer Yair Rosenblum; the lineup for the latter includes veteran performers Rivka Zohar, Sassi Keshet, Hanan Yovel and Miri Aloni. Elsewhere on the festival roster there are shows by Shem-Tov Levi, who will perform with a string trio, and slots based on the works of such titans of the Israeli pop community as Yoram Taharlev, Yaakov Hollander and Shimrit Or.For tickets and more information: (03) 502-3001 and www.hth.co.il Nabucco revisited The Israel Opera House will put on 18 performances of a new production of Verdi’s Nabucco from April 7-25. Verdi’s “Jewish” opera tells the tale of King Nebuchadnezzar, who destroys the First Temple in Jerusalem and exiles the Israelites to Babylon, where they sing the iconic slave chorus.Conducting duties will be shared by Daniel Oren and Italian counterpart Francesco Ivan Ciampa, and the show is based on a co-production between the Israeli Opera and the Opera Royal de Wallonie of Liège, Belgium. The production will be overseen by the Belgian company’s general and artistic director Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, with Eithan Schmeisser responsible for the choral side of the venture.For tickets and more information: (03) 692-777 and www.israel-opera.co.il
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