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...
Reviewer's rating Il Barbiere Di Saviglia Shmuel Ben-Tovim 01/03/2020When I first spotted “Il Barbiere Di Saviglia” on the yearly programme of the Israeli Opera, my immediate reaction was:...
Reviewer's rating Spring Awakening (Frühlings Erwachen) אביב מתעורר Yael Shuv 17/01/2020Frank Wedekind’s bitter play about the sexual awakening of 14 years old kids in puritanical Germany was written in 1891...
Reviewer's rating Ishel and Romanzka “איש’ל ורומנצקה” Yael Shuv 02/01/2020Hanoch Levin, Israel’s most revered playwright, died 20 years ago. His demise did not affect his popularity and his plays...
Reviewer's rating Dead Man Walking גבר מת מהלך Shmuel Ben-Tovim 15/12/2019Dead Man Walking is arguably the most performed contemporary American opera in the repertoire. This excellent production by the Israeli...
Reviewer's Rating Manon Shmuel Ben-Tovim 11/12/2019As surprising as it may be, this is the first production of Jules Massenet’s Manon for the Israeli Opera. There...
