Rigoletto’s Aria
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, pleading – in one single aria, Verdi takes Rigoletto on an entire psychological journey, as he grapples with the realization that his beloved daughter Gilda has been kidnapped from his home.
Zerlina’s first Aria
On her wedding day, as she is about to go under the canopy, Zerlina cheats her groom to be with the suave Don Giovanni. Will Masetto ever forgive his bride to be?
Papageno’s Suicide Aria
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?
The Duet of Fiordiligi and Dorbella
In Mozart’s opera Thus All the Sisters, Fiordiligi and Dorbella, sing two completely opposite duets – how is all this expressed in the music that Mozart wrote?
Theodor’s Aria
Young Theodor Herzl and his friend Paul want to be accepted into the German Students’ Association, and all they need to prove their loyalty to the association and the German homeland is to engage in a bloody duel. How did Jonathan Canaan compose the two Jewish students who get their first chance to feel like German knights?
Monica’s Aria
Did you ever see and opera singers singing an aria with herself?
Gilda’s Aria
Caro nome, Gilda’s aria, is a refined moment of pure humane naïve innocence. With a very simple melody she still manages to thrill with her precise coloraturas.
Aleko’s Aria
The gypsy Zemfira cheats on her husband Aleko in Rachmaninoff’s sweeping opera. And how does Aleko take it? David Sebba and Ionut Pascu reveal to us a moment of operatic flair from this beautiful and heart-wrenching opera.
The first aria of the Queen of the Night
Hide the crystals, block the windows and take cover – she’s coming. And she’s not alone! A moment of opera in a special episode with the Raanana Symphonie Orchestra and the first aria of the Queen of the Night.
Despina’s Aria
A Moment of Opera is proud to present: “Introduction for the Rookie Cheater.” Get your lecturer for tonight, straight from the School for Lovers – Despina!
Theodor and Paul’s Duet
Young Theodor Herzl and his friend Paul want to be accepted into the German Students’ Association, and all they need to prove their loyalty to the association and the German homeland is to engage in a bloody duel. How did Jonathan Canaan compose the two Jewish students who get their first chance to feel like German knights?
Norina’s Aria
She has a heart full of and for love but if you are on her bad book…beware!!
Tosca’s Aria
She lives for art. She lives for love.
Pagliacci’s Prologue
A moment after the audience sits down and before the opera Paliatchi begins, something very special happens in the world of opera: a singer comes up and sings the prologue for us, with a special message from the author.
The Count and Susanna’s Duet
Did you ask for a moment with an opera with an orchestra? You got it! Your favorite corner comes in a special with the Raanana Symphont Orchestra!
Giovanni-Zerlina Duet
Jewish tradition calls for merriment at weddings. Don Giovanni takes this literally but he is here only to make the bride happy and himself of course.
Nedda’s Aria
The birds chirp and spread their wings – Wanda longs to fly away from the suffocating clown cage in which she is subject to the control of her husband Kenny, while still in love with Silvio.
Garmin’s Aria
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!
Liu’s Death Aria
Opera heroines die as the curtain descends. But what happens when the composer dies before he concluded writing his opera?
The aria of the battalion
Marie Bat Hagdou is forced to leave the soldiers she loves so much, so Marie Bat Hagdou is forced to leave the soldiers she loves so much, so the composer Donizetti adds a few more brief notes to her aria that postpone the end. But don’t worry, she’ll be back :)The composer Donizetti adds a few more brief notes to her aria that postpone the end. But don’t worry, she’ll be back 🙂
Glitter and be Gay
Tali Ketzef does not really need champagne to go wild and revel! All it takes is Bernstien’s stunning coloraturas in Cunegonde’s ravishing Glitter and be Gay!
Lauretta’s Aria
Puccini wants to help Lauretta convince her father to allow her marry the man she loves. But how does he do it?
The Telephone Aria
How do you sing like a sore throat? And how do you laugh musically? Yael Karet and Tal Ganor demonstrate an operatic phone call to Gian Carlo Manotti’s Telephone aria, including the “Mmmm … bye”.
Iolanta’s Lion
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?
Belcore’s Aria
Sargent Belcore is a n officer and a gentleman who is ready to fall in love time and again!
Rivka’s Aria
A Moment of Opera with our soloist Daniela Skorka and the opera’s composer and conductor, David Sebba, about the heartbreaking aria in which Rivka tells Esau that she loves him, but less.