The Israeli Opera
Yossi Ben Nun, David Zeva, Jonathan Canaan, Jonathan Keret, Roni Reshef

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.

Eleven sketches, ten singers, six songs, five composers and one Hanoch Levin in an original operatic evening, with the sad and funny characters of the greatest Israeli playwrights to original music by five Israeli composers who created for each of the pieces a musical world full of humor, pain and emotion. Each composer with his own unique musical language, and together they create a spectacular musical mosaic.

A celebration of opera theater in one unforgettable evening!

The program:

Excerpts from the plays: Rubber Dealers, Jacobi and Leidenthal, Popper, Bachelors and Bachelorettes, Murder, Sheetz, The Gigolo from the Congo

The sketches: After thirty years

Operatic adaptations of poems: Chess, London, You and I and the next war, With not much sorrow, with not gloomy grief, I live from day to day, what does the bird care?

A variety of options for anyone who wants to enrich the opera experience Want to know more about the opera you’re going to see? Want to discover the secrets behind the scenes? Want to meet the artists after the performance? The Israeli Opera allows you to enhance your operatic experience with a variety of events before and after the performance.

Preliminary lecture

An hour before each opera performance begins, a 30-minute introductory lecture is held in the auditorium. The lecture, given by representatives of the opera team, sometimes focuses on the opera and its historical background, sometimes on the musical aspects of the work, sometimes on the production itself, and allows viewers to receive additional information in preparation for watching the opera a short time before the performance begins. The lecture begins one hour before the start of each opera performance. Lecture length: 30 minutes. Admission is free for opera ticket holders that day. A pre-show lecture will be held about an hour before each show begins.

Opera Talkback

The performance is over. It’s already late. And yet the experience was exciting, challenging, moving. It’s time to meet some of the participants in an informal gathering. Come listen and share. Come ask questions. Come get to know the soloists up close. An extraordinary opportunity to get closer to the artists who just thrilled you on stage. An Opera Talkback takes place at the end of the performance on the second level of the Opera House’s foyer. Talkback duration: about half an hour. The talkbacks take place several times during each production. Admission is free. The talkbacks will take place immediately after the show on the following dates:

December 16-18 | 2024

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