Reviewer's rating Yevgeni Onegin Yael Shuv 08/01/2022 1983Yevgeni 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 06/11/2021 3176Mozart’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 23/08/2021 1944Unlike 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 10/04/2021 2184Teibele 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 01/03/2020 2804When 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 17/01/2020 4467Frank 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 02/01/2020 4306Hanoch 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 15/12/2019 3129Dead 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 11/12/2019 2561As surprising as it may be, this is the first production of Jules Massenet’s Manon for the Israeli Opera. There...
Reviewer's rating Zero Motivation אפס ביחסי אנוש Yael Shuv 31/10/2019 4514Five years ago, Talya Lavie’s biting comedy about a unit of bored female soldiers in a remote desert base became...
