Reviewer's rating Michael – A Temporary Name מיכאל שם זמני Yael Shuv 10/09/2022Not an opera. Not a play. Not a concert. These declarations are highlighted on Michael Temporary Name’s website. So what...
Reviewer's rating 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...
Reviewer's rating Alcina אלצ’ינה Yael Shuv 17/05/2022Alcina, written in 1735, is one of George Frideric Handel’s more popular operas – he composed 42 of them. Inspired...
Reviewer's rating Le nozze di Figaro Yael Shuv 13/04/2022In Don Giovanni, Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte presented their famous hero as a sexual predator rather than...
Reviewer's Rating Pagliacci Yael Shuv 04/03/2022Before it all started, the big screen in front of the stage turned blue and yellow. With it a message...
Reviewer's rating Someone Like Me מי כמוני Yael Shuv 31/01/2022One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest immediately comes to mind, but then Alma says she didn’t like that film as...
Reviewer's rating Yevgeni Onegin Yael Shuv 08/01/2022Yevgeni Onegin is a truly great opera, titled after a male character that inflicts tragedy. Whereas most heroes fall desperately...
Reviewer's rating The Magic Flute חליל הקסם Yael Shuv 06/11/2021Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” offers its own challenges. Along with some of the most beautiful music ever composed, there are...
Reviewer's rating I Capuleti e i Montecchi Yael Shuv 23/08/2021Unlike the more popular Charles Gounod version, Vincenzo Bellini’s opera, recounting the woeful story of Juliet and her Romeo, has...
Reviewer's rating Teibele and the Demon Yael Shuv 10/04/2021Teibele and Her Demon first appeared in 1963 in the form of a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer. It...
