Opera

Pastoral Hotel: A symphony of culture, comfort - review

Kfar Blum continues to offer diverse artistic programs alongside sumptuous culinary experiences.

MARCH 2, 2026|ByTALY SHARON

A BOUTIQUE ROOM at the Pastoral Hotel in Kfar Blum.

The Israeli Opera returned to Ofakim on Monday evening with a community production of The Magic Flute. February 3.

Israeli Opera returns to Ofakim with community Hebrew production of The Magic Flute

According to the opera company, the performance marked its first return to Ofakim in more than a decade and formed part of its 40th anniversary season.

FEBRUARY 3, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

SHIR, the Australian Jewish Music Festival, outside the Sydney Opera House.

Jewish musical group performs song in Hebrew in historic Australia Day concert in Sydney

It marked the first time Hebrew has been sung at the iconic Opera House Forecourt in any concert setting, and also the first time a Jewish song has been performed at the Australia Day Live concert.

JANUARY 26, 2026|ByMATHILDA HELLER

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.

DECEMBER 21, 2025|ByLIRAN GURKIEWICZ

In praise of men who kill: Back-to-back Russian/Italian operas in Israel

The Verismo style, embraced by Rachmaninoff and Mascagni at the beginning of their respective careers, is a true-crime story set at the opera and a change from the older Bel Canto style.

JANUARY 23, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN

ALLA VASILEVITSKY as Zemfira in ‘Aleko.’

A story of a forbidden romance - Hanover State Opera Ballet comes to Israel

The ballet, choreographed by Marco Goecke, tells the story of a forbidden romance between a 15-year-old girl and an older, wealthy Chinese-Vietnamese man.

JANUARY 17, 2023ByNERIA BARR

Madame Butterfly’s America of the imagination at the Israeli Opera - review

Polish director Mariusz Trelinski seems to have included sharper pins than usual in the opera, which makes the link between collecting butterflies, and how men and women can cause one another pain.

DECEMBER 11, 2022ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Climate protesters hurl paint at Milan's La Scala opera house

Activists have staged high-profile protests across Europe in recent months, sometimes targeting museums and famous art.

DECEMBER 7, 2022ByREUTERS

La Scala opera house re-opens to the public after being closed due to the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Milan, Italy, May 10, 2021.

Trelinski’s Madam Butterfly returns to Israel

When Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai presented Madame Butterfly to the public gathered at Hayarkon Park two years ago, he pointed to the painful historic roots from which the opera blossoms.

NOVEMBER 28, 2022ByHAGAY HACOHEN

‘MADAME BUTTERFLY’ under the direction of Mariusz Trelinski.

Jerusalem Highlights November 25-December 1

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NOVEMBER 26, 2022ByHAGAY HACOHEN

‘UNTITLED’ FROM the series ‘Bandaged’ by Netta Lieber Sheffer at the ‘Darkness, So and So’ exhibit.

Hoffman examined: A retelling of the Offenbach masterpiece - review

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.

NOVEMBER 12, 2022ByHAGAY HACOHEN