Opera

Shaham and the IPO will also be performing Bedrich Smetana Vlatava (Moldau), Dvorák’s Slavonic dances, and Richard Strauss’s Four Symphonic Interludes from his 1924 comic Opera Intermezzo.

The program includes a diverse selection of almost-certain hits, such as Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love), which will premier later this year.

The Encore Theatre Company in Jerusalem will perform the opera Patience by Gilbert & Sullivan.

The final scene of Salve Regina (Hail to the Queen,) during which the nuns embrace their fate and soar into  the inky heavens to shine like stars – was a marvel to experience.

“This whole show is, basically, storytelling. It is a story told through a story. But people come to see the music, not just to hear it."

There are Hebrew and English subtitles, the sound quality is better, and the Silver Screen offers a rich visual experience on an unparalleled scale.

The opera features an almost entirely female cast and offers a profound exploration of Catholic culture.

The filmed adaptation of Theodor offers wonderful insights that might have been missed even by those who attended the live performance.

Directed by Yehezkel Lazarov, this production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian spelling) contains multiple layers of meaning, symbols, and sounds.

A decade after a Kfar Blum production, Polish director Mariusz Treliński was invited to the Israeli Opera to offer his vision of the myth.