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A capella group Quinta and a Half offers an eleven-song medley of Israel's Eurovision hits from the past. (Courtesy Quinta and a Half)
May 14, 2019, 7:10 pm
Opera sopranos, a capella harmonies in medleys of Eurovision classics
Singers from the Israeli Opera and the Quinta and a Half group record goofy renditions of songs from Israel’s Eurovision past
By Jessica Steinberg
Ester Rada (left) and members of electronic band Geshem will perform with the Revolution Orchestra on February 25, 2019, at The New Israeli Opera. (Courtesy Gaya Saadon and Ron Kedmi)
February 25, 2019, 12:56 pm
A night of groovy jazz standards with a rebellious orchestra
The Revolution Orchestra will bebop its way through a host of classics with crooner Ester Rada and the electronic Geshem band
By Jessica Steinberg
Robert and Clara Schumann, the married composers whose relationship was tried by mental illness and a mutual affection for Johannes Brahms, are the subject of 'Love Letters,' a Valentine's Day concert performed on February 14, 2019 by The New Israeli Opera (Courtesy PR)
February 1, 2019, 7:28 pm
Israeli Opera to perform a concert of ‘love letters’ for Valentine’s Day
Musical scores pay tribute to Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann and Robert Schumann, and their complicated relationship
By Jessica Steinberg
A previous free, summer opera performance at Tel Aviv's Ganei Yehoshua (Courtesy Yossi Zwecker)
July 19, 2018, 1:27 am
Israeli Opera sings tale of ‘Nabucco’ at free August 9 Tel Aviv show
Grab your spot on the grass for the 16th summertime Opera in the Park
By Jessica Steinberg
White Night Tel Aviv 2018 kicked off Wednesday, June 27 with the White Picnic, an elegant, al fresco event where participants show up with a picnic dinner at a previously undisclosed location in the city (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
June 28, 2018, 2:50 pm
Tel Aviv celebrates itself with annual all-nighter
The White City rejoices in its Bauhaus demeanor and its youthful spirit with events in the parks, streets and sidewalks
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Trying on costumes from the Israeli Opera costume closet in time for Purim (Courtesy Yossi Tzveker)
January 30, 2018, 5:59 pm
Ahead of Purim, Israeli Opera to sell off costumes
Tel Aviv’s opera house will open its closets in time for the dress-up holiday, and some items will go for a song
By Jessica Steinberg
Beverly-Jane Stewart's artwork 'Balfour Accomplished,' depicting imagery from a time of turbulence and change, and telling the story of a unique period of history, will be exhibited for two weeks at the Knesset as part of the events commemorating the historic document (Courtesy Beverly-Jane Stewart)
November 6, 2017, 4:27 pm
Commemorating the Balfour Declaration with art and gin
In addition to the centennial celebration of the historic British document, November brings a couple of photography exhibits and the start of this year’s Tel Aviv U Bar Talks
By Jessica Steinberg
The performance of La Tosca at Masada barely utilized the mountain, only lighting it at a few points. The enormous stage swallowed performers when there were only two or three during most of the show. (courtesy Israel Opera/Yossi Zwecker)
August 8, 2017, 11:36 am
Sì, sì, ‘Tosca’ is free in Tel Aviv this Thursday
Italian arias are in the air in Yarkon Park
By Jessica Steinberg
Chen Reiss, the soprano opera singer who trained in Israel, performs worldwide, and is participating in the summer master class program of the Israeli Opera (Courtesy Chen Reiss)
July 10, 2017, 5:50 pm
World-class soprano warbles way back to Israeli roots
Chen Reiss will spend part of her summer at the Israeli Opera’s master classes, where students ‘breathe singing and music’
By Jessica Steinberg
Staging the production of 'Julius Caesar in Egypt' at the annual Acre opera festival, held August 3-5, 2017 (Courtesy Acre Opera Festival)
June 21, 2017, 11:38 am
Acre to hail Julius Caesar in summer opera festival
Annual event brings New Israeli Opera to northern port city to perform Handel’s 18th-century work
By Jessica Steinberg
Had Gadya dominoes from the design team at Dov Abramson Studio, another kind of Passover inspiration (Courtesy Dov Abramson Studio)
April 8, 2017, 7:57 pm
No plagues here: 10 ways to celebrate Passover all week long
Beyond a new haggadah, we’ve got opera for young listeners, balloon sculpture and design inspiration
By Jessica Steinberg
At the current Israeli Opera production of 'Faust,' which opened March 5, 2017, director Stefano Poda's massive rotating wheel dominates the stage (Courtesy Yossi Zwecker)
March 8, 2017, 4:21 pm
Bringing Faust to Tel Aviv, opera makes a wheel with the devil
Italian director Stefano Poda’s contemporary production gives classic tale an unfamiliar ring
By Jessica Steinberg
Rehearsing for the Acre Opera Festival 2016, among the Crusader-era arches of the ancient city (Courtesy Yoav Pili)
June 16, 2016, 11:05 pm
A Turkish-tinged opera comes to Acre
The third year of the Israeli Opera Festival will be held in the ancient Arab-Jewish city
By Jessica Steinberg
Avital Handler and her tuba, the instrument that has helped her stand out in the local music scene (Courtesy Avital Handler)
January 17, 2016, 5:23 am
Top Israeli musician is all brass when it comes to tuba playing
When not performing at the Israeli Opera House, Avital Handler is touring the world with the ‘big, beautiful, deep sound’ of her instrument
By Jessica Steinberg
Shahar Levi sings amid Basher's cheeses in the shuk, at a promo for the June opera festival in Jerusalem (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
March 24, 2015, 3:09 am
Opera in Jerusalem’s market
In advance of June festival, singers offer samples for shuk shoppers
By Jessica Steinberg
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