3.5★ ★ ★ Il Trovatore Yael Shuv 19/06/2023 "Revenge is a dish best served cold". This much quotes phrase first appeared in the mid 18 century, a few years before Giuseppe Verdi wrote Il Trovato...
4.5★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Theodor תיאודור Yael Shuv 13/05/2023 Every now and then the Israeli Opera presents a whole new and truly original Israeli opera sung in Hebrew. On opening night it was a great pleasure to...
3.5★ ★ ★ Ariodante אריודנטה Yael Shuv 20/02/2023 Lurcanio is in love with Dalinda, but she is in love with Polinesso, Duke of Albany, who is in love with Ginevra, daughter of the king of Scotland, wh...
3.0★ ★ ★ Aleko & Cavalleria Rusticana אלקו | קוולריה רוסטיקנה Yael Shuv 18/01/2023 Pietro Mascagni's short opera Cavalleria Rusticana is often paired with the similar length Pagliacci. As Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera was staged last s...
3.0★ ★ ★ Les Contes d’Hoffmann Yael Shuv 10/11/2022 Jacques Offenbach's beloved opera, inspired by the works of E. T. A. Hoffmann, is a challenging piece of theatre to produce. Telling three different s...
3.5★ ★ ★ Michael – A Temporary Name מיכאל שם זמני Yael Shuv 10/09/2022 Not an opera. Not a play. Not a concert. These declarations are highlighted on Michael Temporary Name's website. So what it is? Gon Halevi calls it a ...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Aida אאידה Yael Shuv 28/06/2022 "If my dream might come true! An army of brave men, led by me – victory, and the applause of all Memphis! To return to you, my sweet Aida, decked wit...
3.0★ ★ ★ Alcina אלצ’ינה Yael Shuv 17/05/2022 Alcina, written in 1735, is one of George Frideric Handel's more popular operas – he composed 42 of them. Inspired by Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furio...
4.5★ ★ ★ ★ Le nozze di Figaro Yael Shuv 13/04/2022 In Don Giovanni, Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte presented their famous hero as a sexual predator rather than a lover. A year earlier they ...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Pagliacci Yael Shuv 04/03/2022 Before it all started, the big screen in front of the stage turned blue and yellow. With it a message appeared: "The opera embraces the people of Ukra...
