Die Zauberflöte Alessandro Zummo 09/07/2026Mozart’s final opera, premiered at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna on 30 September 1791 just weeks before his...
Requiem Alessandro Zummo 08/07/2026Mozart’s Requiem is inseparable from the mythology of its own making. Composed in the shadow of the composer’s death in...
The House of Bernarda Alba Yael Shuv 06/07/2026One of the most striking images in Gesher Theatre’s production of Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba comes...
West Side Story Yael Shuv 21/06/2026Beit Lessin Theatre’s new production of West Side Story could – and should – have been truly memorable. The set...
Nabucco Yael Shuv 16/06/2026Nabucco, Giuseppe Verdi’s 1842 “Zionist opera,” was his first major success. At the time, it was embraced by Italian audiences,...
La Traviata Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur Josi Steinfeld 02/06/2026La Traviata is one of the world’s most popular operas. Violetta, a courtesan, falls in love with her admirer Alfredo....
Werther Miho Uchida 01/06/2026Massenet’s Werther tells the tale of an unrealised love between a young couple, Werther and Charlotte. The opera opens with...
L’elisir d’amore Miho Uchida 01/06/2026Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore remains one of opera’s most enduring comic masterpieces. The opera follows Nemorino, an earnest but insecure...
Aida Alessandro Zummo 26/05/2026Aida at Teatro Massimo, Palermo: tradition as an excuse Aida is one of Verdi’s most layered and uncomfortable operas. Beneath...
Un Ballo in Maschera Josi Steinfeld 21/05/2026In 1857, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples commissioned Giuseppe Verdi to compose a new opera. He chose Un Ballo...
