Masada - Dead Sea and Jerusalem Opera Festival

Aida At Masada
Giuseppe Verdi
New Production

Libretto: Antonio Ghislanzoni
First Performance: The Cairo Opera House, December 24, 1871 
First Performance at the Israeli Opera: The Roman Theater in Caesarea, June 20, 1993
First Performance of this production at the Israeli Opera: June 2, 2010

Conductor		Daniel Oren
Director		Charles Roubaud
Set  Designer		Emmanuelle Favre
Costume Designer		Denise (Katia) Duflot
Sound Designer		Bryan Grant
Lighting Designer		Avi-Yona Bueno (Bambi)
Choreographer		Jean-Charles Gil
Video Designer		Nicolas Topor

Soloists
Aida		Hui He
		Kristine Lewis
Radames		Marco Berti
		Pierro Giulliaci
Amneris		Ildiko Komlosi
		Marianne Cornetti
Amonasro		Roberto Frontali
		Alberto Gazale
Ramfis		Paata Burchuladze
Il Re		Carlo Striuli
The Messenger		Yosef Aridan
Priestess		Efrat Ashkenazi

 

The Israeli Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Yishai Steckler

Members of the Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir

The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion

Sung in Italian

Surtitles in English and Hebrew

Surtitles: Israel Ouval

Length of performance: approx. three hours and 30 minutes

Verdi's grandest opera performed at the footsteps of Mt. Masada with a triumphal march that has never been so impressive. The improbable love story of the Ethiopian princess and the Egyptian army officer will be presented with the majestic mountain as a backdrop. 

Synopsis


Dates

Wed 1.6.11 (21:30), Sat 4.6.11 (22:00), Sun 5.6.11 (22:00), Thu 9.6.11 (22:00), Sun 11.6.11 (22:00)

A co production with Les Choragies d'Orange (France) 

Opera tickets and packages for Israeli Residents : Bimot 1-599-501-692 or *6226 or at Bimot website
Opera tickets and packages for tourists: Aida at Masada website

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Verdi - Messa da Requiem
The Arena di Verona in Masada

Giuliano Carella, conductor

Soloists
Svetla Vassileva		soprano
Mariana Pentcheva		mezzo soprano
Stefano Secco		tenor
Luiz-Ottavio Faria		bass

The Israeli Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Yishai Steckler

The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir

Chorus Master: Leonti Wolf

‏The Arena di Verona Orchestra

Fri 3.6.11 (22:00)

The Arena di Verona - official site

Opera tickets and packages for Israeli Residents : Bimot 1-599-501-692 or *6226 or at Bimot website
Opera tickets and packages for tourists: Aida at Masada website

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The Opera Jerusalem
by Verdi in Jerusalem
Israeli première
Jerusalem – Sultan’s Pool

Opera in four acts
Libretto: Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaez after the opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata by Verdi and Temistocle Solera.
Premiere: Paris, Opera, November 26, 1847

Conductor		David Stern
Director		Moshe Kepten
Set Designer		Bambi Friedman
Costume Designer		Moni Mednick
Sound Designer		Yuval Silberstein
Lighting Designer		Eyal Tavori
Projections		Shai Bonder

Soloists
Helene		Ira Bertman
Gaston		Scott Piper
Roger		Kurt Rydl
The Count of Toulouse		Davide Damiani
Isaure		Lilia Gretsova
Adhemar de Monteil		Nicolai Karnolsky
Raymond		Felix Livshitz
Officer		Nimrod Grinboim
Emir		Noah Briger

Concert performance with colorful costumes and spectacular lighting
Jerusalem, opera by Verdi
Original version performed in French

International Opera Soloists
Choir of the Transilvania Philharmonic, Cluj
Choir conductor: Cornel Groza
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA
With surtitles in Hebrew and English

Mon 6.6.11 (20:30)

Synopsis

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10 different programs (each program to be performed 3 times)

The Art of the Concerto
Concerti by Handel, Bach, Vivaldi and Corelli
The Israel Camerata Jerusalem
Avner Biron, conductor
Muki Zohar, oboe
St. Andrew's Church 11:00, 13:00

Misa Criolla and other Latin American Liturgical Works
Yotam Cohen, tenor
The kibbutz Artzi Choir
South American Ensemble
Yuval Ben Ozer, conductor
The Lutheran (Redeemer) Church
13:00, 16:00

Hear My Prayer
Choral works by Raminsh, Poulsen, Carter, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Busto
The Ankor Choir (Dafna Ben Yohanan, conductor)
Augusta Victoria Chruch, Mt. Of Olives
11:00

Ave Maria – Choral Works for Girls Choir
Bat Kol Choir
Anat Morag, conductor
David Feldman, counter tenor
Dormition Abbey
16:00

Opera Sancta
Sacred songs by 19th century Italian opera composers (Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini)
Mima Milo, soprano
Ala Vasilevitsky, soprano
Yifat Weisskopf, mezzo soprano
Yulia Rovinski, harp
Tower of David Museum
13:00, 16:00

Meeting Cleopatra – Arias by Handel, Mattheson and Hasse
Hila Baggio, soprano
Shira Raz, mezzo soprano
Baroque Trio directed by Eithan Schmeisser
The Austrian Hospice – The Chapel
16:00

English Baroque – works by Dowland, Purcell and Handel
Yael Levita, soprano
Na'ama Goldman, mezzo soprano
Baroque ensemble directed by Eithan Schmeisser
The Austrian Hospice - Auditorium
11:30, 14:00

From Monteverdi to Bach
The New Israeli Vocal Ensemble
The Sisters of Zion Church, Ein Kerem
13:00

Bach Barndenburg Concerti – No. 3, 4, 5, 6
The Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra
David Shemer, conductor
Vincent de Paul Church
11:30

Mahler - Das Lied von Der Erde (chamber version)
Gil Shohat, conductor
Elysium Ensemble
Ayala Zimbler, mezzo soprano
Gabriel Sadeh, tenor
Henry Crown Symphony Hall
One performance only at 13:30

Opera tickets and packages for Israeli Residents : Bimot 1-599-501-692 or *6226 or at Bimot website
Opera tickets and packages for tourists: Aida at Masada website

For Further Details:  Masada - Dead Sea and Jerusalem Opera Festival site