The Israeli Opera

After October 7, Purcell’s 'Dido and Aeneas' rings truer than ever

The decision to open the 40th opera season on Tuesday with Dido and Aeneas is a lovely nod to the past while ensuring the opera in Israel has a future.

A SCENE from ‘Dido and Aeneas’
RICHARD STRAUSS’S ‘Salome,’ directed by Itay Tiran.

A season of reflection: The Israeli Opera at 40

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, Eifman Ballet.

A dance of redemption at Tel Aviv ballet

The Company perform onstage during a production of Tosca by Giacmo Puccini at London Coliseum on September 28, 2022; illustrative.

UK's Royal Opera cancels planned run of Tosca in Israel after internal pressure


Music in the moonlight: Desert concert festival near Eilat

A round up of news from around the country.

Isrotel Phaza Morgana Festival

A bass-baritone sings Bach

The Israel Chamber Orchestra opens its new concert season.

Raimund Nolte

A haunting tale

The Opera Workshop presents ‘The Turn of the Screw’.

‘The Turn of the Screw’

Opera, as spoken

Variety abounds at the Israeli Opera in Old Acre Festival.

The Israeli Opera in Old Acre Festival

Tuning up

Keshet Eilon celebrates its 26th anniversary.

Chinese violinist Ziyu He

Grapevine: Opera options

Opera lovers who wanted to hear arias in a more intimate setting than the Sultan’s Pool opted to spend time last Friday taking in one or more options around the city.

Soprano Anastasia Klevan

Opera returns to Acre

This year the festival will be staged in the courtyard of the Knights’ Halls, a fine natural backdrop to the Israel Opera’s cross-cultural production of Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio.

Opera night at Acre Fortress

Israel Opera celebrates new season

That circus acts on the stage – great for the kids – and there’s three such, from Canada (November 2016), Hungary (February 2017) and Africa (August 2017).

'Opera is awash with elements, and it is something very lavish and grandiose, as are opera houses,’ says Rovner

OPERA: RINALDO Estonian National Opera

Tel Aviv Opera House, February 29.

The Estonian National Opera Boys’ Choir.

Opera Review: Verdi's 'Il Trovatore' in Tel Aviv

"The Israeli Opera Chorus was a major hero of this performance – highly impressive, perfectly synchronized, sonorous and rich in nuances of dynamics."

‘IL TROVATORE’