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On August 3rd, the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo, in collaboration with the Israeli Opera, will continue the tradition of free opera.

New Israeli Opera 'Theodor' Sheds Light on the Early Life of Legendary Zionist Leader Theodor Herzl, Centering on Some Uneasy Aspects of His History

A Hebrew libretto for the ages asks audiences to consider what pushed the Jewish journalist and activist to found the modern Zionist movement

The life of one of Zionism’s greatest champions has been adapted into an opera, showing his hardships as he sought a solution to the plight of Jews.

Set to music by Jacques Offenbach, the opera is loosely based on stories penned by E.T.A Hoffman with one major difference: Offenbach placed Hoffman as the protagonist.

The recent entirely homegrown Israeli Opera production of Handel’s Alcina, named after a sorceress queen, is at the same time periodically musically enchanting, yet on the whole more bewildering than bewitching

During the performance I attended, there was no doubt the audience was completely smitten with this charming and bold version of Morgana.

The Israeli Opera’s recent production of Mozart’s famed comedic opera The Marriage of Figaro was as entertaining as much by virtue of the performers’ acting as by their superb singing

Israeli Vocal Ensemble's repertoire offers much for those who like their music sumptuously textured and definitively melodic.