Since its inception, the Meitar Opera Studio program has provided unique training and specialization to outstanding young Israeli opera singers, graduates of music academies. For two years, participants in the program gain experience in the multifaceted work that a professional opera house offers: working with first-rate directors and conductors, learning new roles, guidance by a professional musical and stage team, language and diction guidance, acting and movement, and more. During the study program, the studio stages many productions through which the young singers specialize in stage work, use of scenery, props and costumes, and experience operatic work as an ensemble. In addition, studio members participate in opera hours for children and in the educational activities of the Israeli Opera that take place throughout the country before diverse audiences. In its 23 years of existence, the Meitar Opera Studio program has proven its importance in nurturing operatic talent and new generations of outstanding Israeli singers. Over a hundred graduates of the studio have performed over the years in dozens of roles on the Israeli opera stage, worked with leading international artists, represented the opera in many concerts in Israel and abroad, and sung a diverse operatic repertoire with the best orchestras in Israel.
Meitar Opera Studio graduates, such as Oded Reich , Alla Vasilevitsky, Hila Fahima , David Bizich , Hila Baggio , Rachel Frankel , Yael Levita , Anat Czarny , Galina Benevich , Ira Bartman , Naama Goldman , Tal Ganor , Michal Doron, Noa Danon , Shiri Hershkowitz , Nofar Yaacobi , Shahar Lavie , Dana Marbach , Daniela Skorka, Yair Polishook , Yasmin Levy-Alentok and others regularly appear in leading roles in Israeli opera productions as well as in leading opera houses around the world.
The Israeli Opera thanks the Zvi and Ofra Meitar Family Foundation for their generous and long-standing support, which enables the Meitar Opera Studio to operate. Heartfelt thanks also to Irit Rappaport, the scholarship donors: Susan and Renee Berginsky, the Nacht family, the Porter Foundation, the Ronen Foundation, Chena and Zalman Shoval; and the other donors who support the studio’s activities.
The musical director of Meitar Opera Studio is David Zeba.
The artistic director of Meitar Opera Studio is Shirit Lee Weiss.
Veronica Odintsov, Dalia Besprozvany, Mika Cohen, ekaterina Elia Michaeli, Tamara Nishri, Rita Tawil – soprano
Naomi Dvora Shadmi Levy – Mezzo-soprano
Daniel Miller – Bass
Education and Studio Coordination, Sarah Stoyanov-Cohen, Sarah@israelopera.org.il
Ksenia Galanti, soprano
Stas Davidov, tenor
Noam Heinz, baritone Thom Cohen, soprano
Tamara Navot, mezzo-soprano
Sivan Keren, soprano
Yarden Kiperman, mezzo-soprano
Karina Radisson, mezzo-soprano
Rona Shrira, mezzo-soprano
Tom Ben Yishai, soprano
Shira Cohen, soprano
Tom Cohen, soprano
Tamara Navot, mezzo-soprano
Sivan Keren, soprano
Karina Radisson, mezzo-soprano
Rona Shrira, mezzo-soprano
Tom Ben Yishai, soprano
Maya Bekshansky, mezzo-soprano
Veronica Brook, soprano
Efrat HaCohen Bram, soprano
Shira Cohen, soprano
Leon Grosvenor, bass
Liat Lidor-Reich, soprano
Shaked Stroll, soprano
Yuli Rohrman, mezzo-soprano
Maya Bekshansky, mezzo-soprano Veronica Brook, soprano
Efrat HaCohen Bram, soprano
Zlata Harshberg, mezzo-soprano
Leon Grosvenor, bass
Liat Lidor-Reich, soprano
Shaked Stroll, soprano
Yuli Rohrman, mezzo-soprano
Irena Elhazov, soprano
Galina Benevich, soprano
Maya Bekshansky, mezzo-soprano
Tal Ganor, soprano
Michal Doron, Mezzo Su Fern
Efrat Wolfson, soprano
Nofar Yaakovi, soprano
Irena Elhazov, soprano
Galina Benevich, soprano
Hanna Bardosh, mezzo soprano
Tal Ganor, soprano
Efrat Wolfson, soprano
Nofar Yaakovi, soprano
Shahar Lavie, mezzo soprano
Osher Sabag, tenor
Gitai Fisher, tenor
Tali Kafez, soprano
Nitzan Alon, mezzo soprano
Anton Alekseev, baritone
Tal Bergman, soprano
Eitan Drori, tenor
Goni Canaani, soprano
Shahar Lavie, mezzo soprano
Yair Polishuk, baritone
Tali Kafez, soprano
Nitzan Alon, mezzo soprano
Anton Alekseev, baritone
Tal Bergman, soprano
Eitan Drori, tenor
Goni Canaani, soprano
Jacob Stryzhak, bass
Daniela Skorka, soprano
Yair Polishuk, baritone
Anat Czerny, mezzo-soprano
Hadar Itzkovich, soprano
Shai Bloch, mezzo-soprano
Shiri Hershkowitz, soprano
Yael Sage, soprano
Daniela Skorka, soprano
Hadar Atari, soprano
Anat Czerny, mezzo-soprano
Oded Reich, baritone
Shai Bloch, mezzo-soprano
Naama Goldman, mezzo-soprano
Abigail Gortler, soprano
Shiri Hershkowitz, soprano
Yael Sage, soprano
Hadar Atari, soprano
Dikephilosopher, soprano
Oded Reich, bass-baritone
Lake Englerd-Saar, Soprano
Efrat Ashkenazi, soprano
Shlomi Wagner, baritone
Yifat Weiskopf, mezzo-soprano
Ella Vasilevichki, soprano
Nadav Inbar, tenor
Abigail Gortler, soprano
Dikephilosopher, soprano
Naama Goldman, mezzo-soprano
Delia Rainina, pianist
Guest singer: Giban Nkosi, tenor
Efrat Ashkenazi, soprano
Yair Goren, baritone
Yifat Weiskopf, mezzo-soprano
Ella Vasilevichki, soprano
Mima Milo, soprano
Hila Fahima, soprano
Ayala Tsimbler, mezzo-soprano
Shira Shapir, soprano
Delia Rainina, pianist
Zohar Agmon, mezzo-soprano
Limor Ilan, mezzo-soprano
Rinat Goldman, soprano
Yair Goren, baritone
Lilia Gratsova, soprano
Mima Milo, soprano
Ayala Tsimbler, mezzo-soprano
Shira Shapir, soprano
Maria Nikitin, pianist
Limor Ilan, mezzo-soprano
Rinat Goldman, soprano
Lilia Gratsova, soprano
Ilona Toevis, mezzo-soprano
Yasmine Levy-Alentek, soprano
Gabriel Loebenheim, baritone
Will Lignal, bass baritone
Maria Nikitin, pianist
Noa Danon, soprano
Ilona Toevis, mezzo-soprano
Yasmine Levy-Altenck, soprano
Gabriel Loebenheim, baritone
Yael Levita, soprano
Willignal, bass-baritone
Rachel Frankel, mezzo-soprano
Bat Ami Osipov, soprano
Shirley Hood, soprano
Dana Marbach, soprano
Yevgeny Nezhnitz, baritone
Anastasia Kalavan, soprano
Shira Raz, mezzo-soprano
Alexandra Shabat, mezzo-soprano
Bat Ami Osipov, soprano
Shirley Hood, soprano
Ines Masalha, soprano
Yevgeny Nezhnitz, baritone
Anastasia Kalavan, soprano
Alexandra Shabat, mezzo-soprano
Shira Raz, mezzo-soprano
Hila Baggio, soprano
Anna Viroblansky, soprano
Marina Zolotov, mezzo-soprano
Elinar Livni, mezzo-soprano
Ines Masalha, soprano
Yelena Fox, soprano
Amit Friedman, baritone
Ira Bartman, soprano
Hila Baggio, soprano
David Bizich, baritone
Marina Zolotov, mezzo-soprano
Noam Talmon, baritone
Yelena Fox, soprano
Ira Bartman, soprano
Sharon Dvorin, soprano
Noam Talmon, baritone
Andrei Trifonov, bass
Svetlana Sandler, mezzo-soprano
Yulia Palkhin, mezzo-soprano
Michael Riskin, tenor
The Mercy of Titus
Don Pasquale
The debauched one
Cain
Don Giovanni
La Callisto
Hansel and Gretel
Nun Angelica
The sleepwalker
The Story of an Impostor
motherhood
Pirates
The release of Rogero
The Mercy of Titus
Mozart’s Box of Surprises (Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion)
Cinderella (Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion)
Nun Angelica
The impresario
The Magic Flute for the Family (Israeli Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion)
The Magic Flute for the Family (Israeli Ciné Pônietta Beer Sheva)
The medium
Capulet and Montague
Cinderella for the Family (Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion)
That’s what they all do (Symphony Raanana)
The Bat (Israeli Sinfonietta Beer Sheva)
Don Giovanni (Raanana Symphonic Orchestra)
That’s what they all do.
The Magic Flute for the Family (Ramat Gan Symphony Orchestra)
The Magic Flute for the Family (Raanana Symphonic Orchestra)
Don Pasquale (Raanana Symphonie Orchestra)
La Traviata (Ashdod Symphony Orchestra)
The phone
The medium
Nun Angelica
Dido and Aeneas
The Magic Flute for the Family (Israeli Chamber Orchestra)
Cinderella for the Family (Israeli Chamber Orchestra)
The bat
Werther
La Boheme
The Bat (Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra)
The Marriage of Figaro (Israeli Sinfonietta Beer Sheva)
The Marriage of Figaro for the Family (Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra)
Figaro’s Marriage to the Family (Israeli Chamber Orchestra)
Mozart’s Box of Surprises (Israeli Sinfonietta Beer Sheva)
The Potion of Love for Family (Israeli Chamber Orchestra)
The Marriage of Figaro (Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra)
Mozart’s Women (Haifa Symphony Orchestra)
Mozart’s Box of Surprises (Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion)
Cinderella for the whole family (Israeli Chamber Orchestra)
Hansel and Gretel for the Family (Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra)
The Magic Flute for the Family (Israeli Sinfonietta Beer Sheva)
The Magic Flute for the Family (Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra)
Orpheus’s Passion
The School for Lovers
Hansel and Gretel for the Family (Haifa Symphony Orchestra)
The Magic Flute for the Family (Haifa Symphony Orchestra)
Cinderella for the Family (Haifa Symphony Orchestra)
The Marriage of Figaro (Haifa Symphony Orchestra)
The Shepherd King (Israeli Chamber Orchestra)
The Magic Flute for the Family (Israeli Chamber Orchestra)
Dido and Aeneas (in Tel Aviv and Stuttgart)
On Fairies and Witches (Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra)
Love letters
Hansel and Gretel for the Family (Israeli Chamber Orchestra)
The Marriage of Figaro
