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


Seeing is hearing

The forthcoming production of the perennially popular work, which will take place at the Tel Aviv Opera House will be sumptuously visually enhanced by an arresting video backdrop.

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

The Marriage of Figaro

"On the whole, it was a pedestrian performance."

'The Marriage of Figaro'

A ‘Marriage’ made in Lithuania

The Lithuanian National Opera Theater performs ‘Le nozze di Figaro’

The Lithuanian National Opera Theater

Tub time at TAPAC

The ‘Soap’ spectacle offers audiences some good clean fun

'Soap' opera in Israel

Opera review: The Marriage of Figaro

In the title role, Yair Polishook emerged as a singer of stature and as a forceful, impressive stage personality.

ISRAELI OPERA’S performance of Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’ at Acre Fortess.

Mozart’s forte in the fortress

The Israeli Opera Festival in Acre features ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

Opera night at Acre Fortress

THE ISRAELI OPERA Two World Premieres Tel Aviv Opera House, July 6

Starting apparently as a comic opera, it leads up to a sad, tragic portrayal of reality, with much Levin-like social criticism on the way.

HAIM PERMONT’S ‘The Lady and the Peddler.’

An opera of two tales

The Israeli Opera presents the dual drama ‘Agnon to Levin.’

An envelope-pushing program, agnon to levin at the israel Opera

Opera al fresco

Donizetti’s ’The Elixir of Love’ is performed at the Sultan’s Pool.

Donizetti’s ’The Elixir of Love’.

Love on a kibbutz

Gadi Shechter delights the capital with his take on comic opera 'L’elisir d’amore.'

The Israeli Opera rendition of ‘L’elisir d’amore’ is set on a 1950s kibbutz.