The telephone lion

אריית הטלפון

How do you sing with a scratchy throat? And how do you laugh musically? Yael Keret and Tal Ganor demonstrate to Nav an operatic telephone conversation with Gian Carlo Menotti’s telephone aria, including the “Mmmmm…bye.”

Iolanta’s Lion

האריה של יולנטה

Tchaikovsky, who repressed his sexual tendencies his entire life, knew how to channel his emotions through his music. How is all of this expressed in his final opera, Iolanta?

The Garmin Lion

האריה של גרמין

Eugene Onegin will always be remembered as the first production we had to stop because of the coronavirus. But what the coronavirus took away, we will return in an operatic moment!

Wear white.

תלבשי לבן

Summer is here! So what do we wish you this summer?

The quarrel song

שיר המריבה

What happens when Goni Canaani and Anat Charni appear on one stage that can’t accommodate both of them?

Mr. Chocolate

אדון שוקו

What happens when three of our vocalists go to visit their friend, another chocolate master?

The Magic Flute translated into Arabic

חליל הקסם בתרגום לערבית

A new and colorful production for the whole family, accompanied by an orchestra and in Hebrew, with Arabic translation. Mozart’s magical opera about a prince and princess who find happiness, a bird hunter who finds love, and a powerfully mesmerizing Queen of the Night.

Rebecca’s Lion

האריה של רבקה

A moment of opera with our soloist Daniela Skorka and the opera’s writer and conductor, David Zeva, about the heartbreaking aria in which Rebecca tells Esau that she loves him, but less.

Papageno’s Suicide Lion

אריית ההתאבדות של פפגנו

The Magic Flute is the ultimate optimistic opera. But beneath the surface, death and despair lurk. What makes an opera about a prince, a princess, and a fowler so dark?

About all of these

על כל אלה

In every independence there is both honey and sting, and in honor of the 73rd anniversary of our country, we dedicate to you “Al Khol Ela,” the eternal and so Israeli song by Naomi Shemer.

The quarrel song

שיר המריבה

What happens when Goni Canaani and Anat Charni appear on one stage that can’t accommodate both of them?

What do the deer do?

מה עושות האיילות?

Our soloists set out on a research journey! To answer one existential question – what do deer do? And what did they discover?!

The Gate of Mercy

סולניות האופרה הישראלית

On the anniversary of October 7, we invite you to join us in a powerful prayer with the song “Shar’ar Harahamim,” written by the legendary composer Meir Banai and arranged by David Zeva. The song is performed by our soloists Tom Cohen, Daniela Skorka, and Anat Czerny, accompanied by cellist Andrea Markusch.
From the cry of pain, we cling to hope.

The ant

הנמלה

So what really happened to the ant? Are you confused? Did you cough? What’s the fuss about?

Tatiana’s Lion

How much courage it takes to send a love letter – and how many emotional upheavals until the ink dries. David Zeva and soloist Ella Vasilevich reveal to us how Tchaikovsky composed every fiber of Tatiana’s soul in the moving aria in which she writes to her lover, Eugene Onegin.

Gilda’s Lion

האריה של ג'ילדה

Gilda’s aria is a display of pure human innocence. How does it manage to be so perfect when its melody is nothing more than a descending scale?

The Lion of Azucena

האריה של אזוצ'נה

The young witch character is a common character in Verdi’s operas. So what makes Azucena the Troubadour so extraordinary?

lullaby

שיר ערש

Nathan Alterman and Sasha Argov left us many gifts, and “Lullaby” is one of the most beautiful of them.

SOMEWHERE, somewhere

SOMEWHERE, אי שם, في مكانٍ ما

60 Jewish and Arab singers and musicians joined together on the Israeli Opera’s stage to record a special rendition of Somewhere, the powerful song written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim for West Side Story. United on one stage, they convey a message of hope for a better future for all of us in Israel.

Wear white.

תלבשי לבן

Summer is already here, and what do we wish you this summer? Just wear white of course! Receive Naomi Shemer’s festive song performed by the opera soloists

האופרה הישראלית תל אביב-יפו

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