Opera
Viktor Ullmann’s 'Der Kaiser von Atlantis' as a manifesto against tyranny - review
Ullmann completed this significantly historical work in Ghetto Theresienstadt just before he was sent to his death in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra performs ‘Aida’ opera - review
Sydney Opera House lit with menorah after deadly antisemitic attack
Jerusalem highlights: December 5-11
OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome
If adopted by the 400 million weekly active users of ChatGPT, OpenAI's browser could put pressure on a key component of rival Google's ad-money spigot.
'Turandot' returns to Israel's Opera after Operation Rising Lion
The opera was deep in rehearsals when the Israel-Iran war broke out.
The Israeli Opera unveils Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos
“This is an opera about everything,” director Ido Ricklin says. "“It’s about love and loneliness, idealism and self-interest – and it’s at the same time about art and life itself."
Vienna remembers the Holocaust with music
Israeli-led operas at Vienna’s Volksoper explore Holocaust memory, blending Ullmann’s defiance with Mozart’s Requiem in a stirring musical dialogue.
Facing the Red Sea: ‘La Bohème’ opera in Tel Aviv gives the gift of imagination - review
Performed against a massive window, that, at times, alternately presents the audience with the Eiffel Tower or the City of Lights at night.
Opera brings Eichmann’s trial to the stage in dramatic world premiere
The opera dramatizes the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, one of the central architects of the Holocaust.
Puccini’s ‘La Bohème beckons audiences to the Israeli Opera
Adapted from the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger, Puccini’s version soared to hold a unique place in the hearts of audiences ever since it was first performed in 1896.
Jerusalem highlights: March 21-27
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Maestro Leonardo Sini masterfully handles the podium with the Israel Philharmonic - review
Precise timing and coordination of the participants are the essence of opera productions, and Sini unified the orchestra, soloists, and chorus with skill.
'Theodor' returns to Israeli Opera
The opera attempts to answer why and how Zionism – and our own existence as Hebrew-speaking Jews in Israel – emerged.
