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.
My Country Has a Birthday | 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.
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).
The opera sings together and in first place | 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.
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.
Just say goodbye.
Celebrating 100 years for the singer of wars, soldiers, tango, children, festivals, and Israel Prize winner – Yaffe Yarkoni.
Elgar | Fremont
The opening concert of the 36th season of the Rishon LeZion Israel Symphony Orchestra with a world premiere performance of the work “Red South” by Chaim Fremont, as a commemoration of the events of October 7.
Ratem Nir arrives to lead the orchestra with Collegium Singers and Madrigal Singers and together with the mezzo-soprano singer Rona Shrira.
Also in the concert: Enigma Variations, one of Elgar’s intriguing and unsolved works
What do the deer do?
A musical show for children based on the all-time favorite children’s songs. The flavors of childhood gone by with exciting operatic touches.
With love
The great love songs, between him and her, songs of love for the land, unrequited love, painful love, what is love, out of love…
I will talk to you. I will talk to you.
Hebrew. Arabic.
How close and similar, but in the melodrama so far and different. A project of love songs – Hebrew and Arabic – in a way that has never been heard before. The Hebrew songs – will be sung in Arabic, while the Arabic songs – will be sung in Hebrew. Thus, through translation into the other language, we will come closer and farther away, move between the familiar and the strange, hear our love songs differently and create a common dialogue.
Mothers
The story of Hagar and Sarah, Rachel and Leah, Noah’s wife and Lot’s wife, and other women from the Genesis story. After 3,000 years, they finally open their mouths and tell the familiar stories through their own eyes. A special production in collaboration with Gesher Theater.
The Eastern Wall | The Opera Sings Together
Avishai Cohen
Avishai Cohen
Requiem for War
“The Intellectual History” (led by Omer Ben Yaakov) hosts a live podcast with Galit Hogi and Talia Bartfeld, in collaboration with singers of the Israeli Opera, under the musical direction of David Sebba. This encounter between conversation and music will explore the ways wars have been reflected in art throughout history – and in music in particular.