Opera

Viktor Ullmann’s 'Der Kaiser von Atlantis' as a manifesto against tyranny - review

Ullmann completed this significantly historical work in Ghetto Theresienstadt just before he was sent to his death in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

JOHNNY BOMBINO as Emperor Überall.
ISRAELI CONDUCTOR Lahav Shani and members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra receive applause from the audience following their performance as guests at the Konzerthaus Berlin, as part of the ongoing Musikfest Berlin, following their disinvitation from the Flanders Festival Ghent, in Berlin, Germa

Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra performs ‘Aida’ opera - review

The Hanukkah menorah is projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House on December 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

Sydney Opera House lit with menorah after deadly antisemitic attack

YMCA Christmas Fair

Jerusalem highlights: December 5-11


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’

Bach, unplugged with The Revolution Orchestra

The Revolution Orchestra turns toward Bach in a joyful new season blurring the lines between reverence and play.

THE REVOLUTION Orchestra’s Roy Oppenheim (bottom) and Zohar Sharon.

A season of reflection: The Israeli Opera at 40

The opera's new season, opening in November, brings together seven productions.

RICHARD STRAUSS’S ‘Salome,’ directed by Itay Tiran.

Jerusalem highlights: October 24-30

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

‘The Cloak’ by Giacomo Puccini

An evening of Puccini opera in Jerusalem

Two operas will be featured in performances at the Jerusalem Theatre.

PUCCINI is on the way to Jerusalem.

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to open 89th season in Tel Aviv

The country needed music, and the IPO management decided that live music was vital in raising soldiers and civilians' morale. “And this belief remains to this day,” they told the Post.

The Jerusalem Philharmonic Orchestra plays at the 2019 Pianos Festival.

At YIVO, an unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word - as opera

"The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language," an original chamber opera, premieres at YIVO, dramatizing the post-Holocaust effort to preserve Yiddish through language.

Ben Kaplan, left, and Alex Weiser, seen in Weiser's office at YIVO, are the co-creators of "The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language," a new chamber opera about the monumental effort after the Holocaust to preserve the language and culture of Eastern European Jewry.

Israeli singer D’or splashed with red paint at Warsaw performance

Anti-Israel group Bas Collective said that two people were arrested and that it was attempting to hold solidarity rallies for the activists.

Israeli singer David D'Or sing during a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, June 25, 2024.

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

The Israeli Opera website has dropped reference to the Royal Opera House.

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

Patron behind Hamburg's new opera house has resisted scrutiny of family history with Nazis

The patron behind Hamburg’s new opera house has resisted scrutiny of his family’s Nazi collaboration

Klaus-Michael Kühne, speaks to employees at the headquarters of Kühne + Nagel.

OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome

If adopted by the 400 million weekly active users of ChatGPT, OpenAI's browser could put pressure on a key component of rival Google's ad-money spigot.

 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan, February 3, 2025; illustrative.