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.
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.
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.
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.
Crime and Punishment
The Eifman Ballet, the beloved dance company from St. Petersburg, returns to Israel for the 17th time with a new work, “Crime and Punishment,” based on the famous book by Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky. While remaining true to artistic values, Eifman does not create a movement translation of the story, but uses all of his unique tools of expression, which he has developed over decades of creation, to offer his answers to the most important questions that deal with the inner nature of humanity.
The Magic Flute
Mozart’s timeless fantasy opera, which has captivated audiences’ hearts since it was written. Prince Tamino joins forces with the bird-catcher Papageno on a quest to rescue Princess Pamina, who was kidnapped by a cruel sorcerer — according to her mother, the Queen of the Night, with her famous and impressive aria. Their path is filled with challenges, but in the end good will triumph — and so will love.
Iolanta
The premiere of Iolanta at the Israeli Opera. Tchaikovsky’s last opera is a personal and intimate lyrical work that expresses the healing power of love.
The Magic Flute
Mozart’s timeless fantasy opera, which has captivated audiences’ hearts since it was written. Prince Tamino joins forces with the bird-catcher Papageno on a quest to rescue Princess Pamina, who was kidnapped by a cruel sorcerer — according to her mother, the Queen of the Night, with her famous and impressive aria. Their path is filled with challenges, but in the end good will triumph — and so will love.
The Dybbuk
World premiere production of The Dybbuk, composed by award-winning composer Josef Bardanashvili and directed by Ido Ricklin.
Peter Grimes
A chilling modern tragedy centered on a solitary, tormented man crushed beneath the fears, hypocrisy, and judgment of a seaside fishing community. In Mariusz Treliński’s production, the fishing village, the pier, and the sea take center stage. As rumors and suspicion intensify, Grimes’s vulnerability is laid bare with devastating force.
Dido and Aeneas
The 40th anniversary celebrations open with a grandiose and breathtaking production, bringing back to our stage the first opera performed at the Israeli Opera. The love story of Dido and Aeneas comes to life in Stefano Poda’s spectacular direction.
Un ballo in maschera
Tosca
Puccini’s well-known masterpiece is a thrilling and emotionally charged suspense opera. The opera tells the tragic story of Tosca, an opera singer who struggles to save her lover from the cruel hands of the police chief, Scarpia. The combination of Puccini’s glorious music and the story of the struggle between love and art and the ruthless forces of power, greed, and control has made this one of the most beloved operas in the repertoire.
Faust
Gounod’s grand opera brings to the stage the tragic story of Faust, who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for youth and love, at a devastating moral and spiritual price. Stefano Poda’s celebrated production, dominated by a giant ring that shapes the stage space and creates an abstract, mesmerizing, breathtaking visual world, returns to our stage.
Salome
This mesmerizing opera, based on the scandalous play by Oscar Wilde, presents the sensual and turbulent story of Princess Salome, returns to our stage in an impressive and daring production directed by Itay Tiran
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini’s comic classic returns in a new, wildly imaginative production by the creative duo Barbe & Doucet. At the heart of this intrigue-filled story are a quick-witted and uninhibited barber, a mart and determined young woman, a charming count, and an old, jealous doctor. The story moves from Seville into a fantastical world of illusion and magic, where nothing is quite as it seems.
Nabucco
A powerful testament to love, national pride, and unceasing longing for the homeland, Nabucco returns in a grand production of the famous biblical drama about Nebuchadnezzar, the destruction of the First Temple, and the Babylonian exile. The “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves,” sung by the Babylonian exiles — held in captivity, facing execution, and hoping for a miracle — resonates more deeply than ever. In these challenging times, Verdi’s “Jewish Opera” offers both comfort and hope for a better future.
Co-produced with the Minas Gerais Opera House, Brazil
Outcast
Tiberias, 1938. The singer Bahiyya struggles to survive amid the bloodshed, torn between two worlds. The Jews call her a traitor; the Arabs call her a fallen woman. A profound friendship between two women from different worlds reaches its tragic and inevitable end. Yonatan Cnaan and Ido Ricklin, the creators who brought you Theodor, return to the stage with a heroine left utterly alone. An opera rooted in pre-state Israel, inspired by a true story.
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.
Carmen
Carmen is a powerful portrait of a fiercely independent woman who insists on her freedom and defies social conventions, even at the price of her tragic fate. In Jean-Louis Grinda’s roduction, the story is set in 1875, the year the opera was first performed. A bullring dominates the stage, filling it with passion, jealousy, and power struggles.
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
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.
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
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.