Reviewer's rating Worlds in Collision (עולמות מתנגשים) Noa Goren 05/07/2019My next observation is nothing more than my opinion, on the one hand, although backed up by deep observation on...
Reviewer's Rating The Passenger Shmuel Ben-Tovim 10/05/2019Reviewing The Passenger is a very unusual and challenging task. An opera that brings to life the very dark days...
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...
