{"id":20260,"date":"2025-10-16T11:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.israel-opera.co.il\/cast\/knaani-goni-soprano\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:45:07","slug":"knaani-goni-soprano","status":"publish","type":"cast","link":"https:\/\/www.israel-opera.co.il\/en\/cast\/knaani-goni-soprano\/","title":{"rendered":"Knaani Goni, soprano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\" align=justify>Goni Knaani, soprano, was born in Israel. She studied at the Buchman-Mehta School of Music at the Tel Aviv University. Her repertoire includes Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in <STRONG>Don Giovanni<\/STRONG> (Mozart), Euridice in <STRONG>Orfeo ed Euridice<\/STRONG> (Gluck) and other roles. Her concert repertoire includes <STRONG>Psalm 42<\/STRONG> (Mendelssohn), <STRONG>German Requiem<\/STRONG> (Brahms) and other works. She received scholarships and won competitions at the Buchman-Mehta School of Music and the Eli Leon scholarship. Goni Knaani was a member of the Israeli Opera&#8217;s Meitar Opera Studio were her repertoire included Gretel in <STRONG>Hansel und Gretel<\/STRONG> (Humperdinck), Susanna in <STRONG>Le nozze di Figaro<\/STRONG>, the First Lady in <STRONG>Die Zauberflote<\/STRONG>, Donna Anna in <STRONG>Don Giovanni<\/STRONG>, Fiordiligi in <STRONG>Cosi fan tutte<\/STRONG> (Mozart), Rosalinde in <STRONG>Die Fledermaus<\/STRONG> (J. Strauss), Clorinda in <STRONG>La Cenerentola <\/STRONG>(Rossini) and other roles. <\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\" align=justify> <\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\" align=justify>Her roles at the Israeli Opera:<BR><B>Alice in Wonderland<\/B><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 16px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: \"\"; FONT-VARIANT: normal; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; ORPHANS: 2; DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px'>: Bird \/ Card \/ Smil (2018)<\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\" align=justify><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 16px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: \"\"; FONT-VARIANT: normal; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; ORPHANS: 2; DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px'><\/SPAN><B>What About the Deer? <\/B>(2018)<B><BR><\/B><STRONG>La rondine<\/STRONG>: Georgette (2015)<BR><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goni Knaani, soprano, was born in Israel. 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