Hanoch Levin – The Opera
Five Israeli composers have created a rich and immersive world for some of Hanoch Levin’s most beloved pieces and songs. A new operatic production featuring the sad and funny characters of our greatest playwright.
Casablanca – Film screening in a live concert
An extraordinary cinematic experience: a screening of the film “Casablanca” accompanied by a live orchestra that will make you listen again to the beloved Israeli classic.
A rainbow of colors
Human Voice – by Rami Ba’er
“Any interpretation is unnecessary… because interpretation leads to interpretation after interpretation, and interpretation, interpretation after interpretation. In the end, the interpretations themselves make themselves a matter of interpretation, in the meantime a person’s years pass and the interpretations remain uninterpreted.”
The love potion
Nemorino is in love with Adina. Adina doesn’t look in Nemorino’s direction. In a gorgeous field of sunflowers blooming on the opera stage, the two will learn a magical lesson about love.
A tribute to the iconic production of the beloved director Omri Nitzan, the late
Sea scent
The orchestra is excited to host Kostas Karapotis, one of the great singers of Greek laiko music, whose songs have been adapted into Hebrew and become hits (including Eyal Golan’s “Huza Otkh Molly” and Omer Adam’s “Princess”). The beloved zabakiko classics and ballads will be joined by two more stars from Greece – Manolis Karantinis, the greatest bouzouki player of our time, and Arti Katima, one of the rising and prominent stars of modern laiko.
War Requiem
Othello, Shakespeare’s great hero, falls victim to a “fake news” plot that drives him mad with jealousy and murders his wife in a grandiose production directed by Adrian Noble, one of the world’s greatest Shakespeare directors. In collaboration with the Vienna State Opera.
Kuma
A unique collaboration between a musical ensemble directed by Itamar Doari and the Vertigo dance company created a one-off performance that moves between patterns and structured dance to free and improvised creation.
Ariadne on Naxos
Much commotion behind the scenes ahead of the premiere of a new opera – the story of the mythological Ariadne who is convinced she is faithful to her lover, but reveals a few other things about the nature of love in Strauss’ moving opera
Making a neighborhood
In the first ever on-stage encounter between the Emperors of Haphla and the leading orchestra in Israel, we bring back all of these Iron Sheep assets – in Hebrew, Greek, Turkish and Arabic, for the happiest and most bouncy concert in the neighborhood. Are you still sitting?
Turandot
The Chinese princess Turandot has three riddles. Whoever answers them correctly will win her hand, but whoever gets it wrong will lose his life. The last opera that Puccini composed about the power of love in a larger-than-life production.
Cojochero | Ravel | Rachmaninoff
With freshness, elegance, sparkle, intelligence, simplicity and clarity, David Greilsammer will play between the roles of conductor and pianist in a performance of Ravel’s magnificent concerto and a new work by Israeli composer Ziv Kozhekro, and Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Symphony for dessert.
From Alfa to Yagur | The Opera Sings Together
Human Voice – by Rami Ba’er
“Any interpretation is unnecessary… because interpretation leads to interpretation after interpretation, and interpretation, interpretation after interpretation. In the end, the interpretations themselves make themselves a matter of interpretation, in the meantime a person’s years pass and the interpretations are not interpreted.” S. Y. Agnon, ‘Sefer Tachlit HaMashim’
Brahms | Beethoven
Ratem Nir, the rising star in the conducting sky, arrives to perform Brahms’ Double Concerto and one of his most beloved works, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony.
Lee La Lo, kettle and broom
Theodore
The production, which was a resounding success and even made it to the cinema, is back on stage. The story of the visionary of the state connects two periods in his life, just before he became a legend. The nightmarish night walk of the adult Herzl is intertwined with images full of happiness and hope of the young Theodore, until both are forced, each in turn, to create a new reality for themselves.
The Diamond | Chapter I: Beersheba
Almost four decades have passed since two friends – Tom Cohen and Maor Zaguri – grew up and played on the streets of Beersheba. Long before they became respected and renowned artists, they were children who dreamed of conquering the world. The joint journey they embarked on then, and to which you are invited today, blurs the line between reality and fiction, reveals fascinating cultural treasures and brings to the stage the beautiful wonder created by their artistic encounter.
The Valley Railway and the Rock on a Rock | The Opera Sings Together
La Boheme
Mimi and Rodolfo’s love is ignited in Paris on Christmas Eve in Puccini’s beloved opera in a production that moves from a bohemian attic to celebrations on the illuminated streets of Paris.
Weinberg | Dvořák
Dan Ettinger, our music director, and award-winning German violinist Linus Roth in a fascinating concert with a performance of the Violin Concerto by composer Michał Weinberg and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 (The New World).
Things you see from there | The opera sings together
Othello
Othello, Shakespeare’s great hero, falls victim to a “fake news” plot that drives him mad with jealousy and murders his wife in a grandiose production directed by Adrian Noble, one of the world’s greatest Shakespeare directors. In collaboration with the Vienna State Opera.
Mozart
An intense and unforgettable emotional experience in Mozart’s 40th Symphony. From the dramatic opening to the sweeping final movement, the spectrum of human emotions is expressed: despair and hope, pain and breathtaking beauty. The work was written in 1788 during a turbulent period in Mozart’s life and is considered an extraordinary work emotionally and stylistically.
It’s funny to me | The opera sings together
Beethoven | Dvořák
Bar Avni, winner of first place in the international “La Maestra” competition, is coming to the Israel Symphony Orchestra in Rishon LeZion, along with the young and promising violinist Michael Shaham, who will perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.