Reviewer's Rating Tosca Shmuel Ben-Tovim 03/04/2019119 years after the great success of the opening night of Tosca in Rome, the audience in Tel Aviv was...
Reviewer's Rating Un Ballo in Maschera Shmuel Ben-Tovim 13/02/2019This is one of Verdi’s most neglected of his great operas. However, this production makes the case well for reviving...
Reviewer's Rating Salomé Shmuel Ben-Tovim 14/01/2019In 2014 pianist András Schiff wrote: “What is it with directors? Why is it that most directors find it so...
Reviewer's Rating Werther Shmuel Ben-Tovim 23/11/2018When Goethe published The Sorrows of Young Werther in 1774 he was criticised as idealizing acts of suicide. Many readers have...
Reviewer's Rating Carmen Shmuel Ben-Tovim 22/07/2018My most vivid memory of a Carmen goes back to the mid 80’s when I was privileged to watch Zeffirelli’s...
Reviewer's Rating Dido And Aeneas Shmuel Ben-Tovim 09/06/2018There were two prominent precedents set in this production. Firstly, the Rishon le’Zion Symphonic Orchestra, a regular in the pit...
Reviewer's Rating Don Carlo Shmuel Ben-Tovim 18/03/2018This was a classic opera production, a remake of original direction and design made for several Spanish opera companies. The...
Reviewer's Rating Don Giovanni Shmuel Ben-Tovim 14/02/2018This was an absolutely amazing, sophisticated, breathtaking opera production, definitely one of the best in recent memory at the Tel...
Reviewer's Rating Midsummer Night’s Dream Shmuel Ben-Tovim 10/01/2018This review must begin with applause to people whose names do not appear in the list of credits below: the...
Reviewer's Rating The City ( העיר הזאת) Ido Garfinkel 27/12/2017"The City" is a modern Hebrew-language rap musical detective thriller, written by the local Jerusalem band "The Victor Jackson Show". Its is a masterpiece of hip-hop poetry slam...
