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Dialogues des Carmélites
5/28 - 6/3/2024


In one of the Met’s greatest productions, Poulenc’s masterpiece makes a rare return to the repertory with a fine cast led by Patricia Racette, Felicity ...

Rigoletto
7/5 - 7/20/2024


Considered by many to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi's career. It's every parent's nightmare...the child you adore falls victim to an ...


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Past Shows

Orfeo ed Euridice
4/7 - 4/19/2024


Christoph Willibald Gluck, an acclaimed composer and influential reformer, whose youth and musical beginnings are linked with Bohemia and Prague, gained worldwide fame owing to ...

Rusalka
3/3 - 3/15/2024


Rusalka Antonin Dvorák Director Richard Jones' reading of Dvo?ak's best-known opera is rugged and human: the water-nymph Rusalka who aspires to become human learns about ...

Otello
2/2 - 2/14/2024


The moral fiber of a world, the western one, severely tested by the crudeness of the clash with the inevitable repercussions on the private affairs ...

La bohème
12/29 - 1/13/2024

Lucia di Lammermoor
11/10 - 11/20/2023


Based on an epic 19th century Scottish romance by Sir Walter Scott and containing several of the most thrilling moments in all of opera, Lucia ...

Hanoch Levin - The Opera
10/17 - 10/22/2023

Theodor
5/1 - 5/31/2023

Don Giovanni
3/1 - 3/31/2023


Widely regarded as the greatest opera ever composed, Don Giovanni tells of the devious schemes and hijinks of history’s most beguiling scoundrel, Don Juan. Mozart’s ...

Rinaldo
2/1 - 2/28/2023


Musical drama in three acts libretto by Giacomo Rossi and Aaron Hill The story tells the epic story of the bandit Rinaldo Dragonera acting in ...

Madama Butterfly
12/1 - 12/31/2022


An American naval officer and a young geisha fall in love. She gives up everything to be with him but only a short time later, ...

The Medium
9/1 - 9/30/2022


The Medium is a dark and highly theoretical chamber opera....

Papaioannou
4/29 - 5/1/2022

Le nozze di Figaro
3/1 - 4/30/2022


Mozart’s biting yet charming indictment of the aristocracy is a supremely elegant and tuneful work. Figaro must defend his fiancée, Susanna, from the clutches of ...

Le nozze di Figaro
3/1 - 4/1/2022


Mozart’s biting yet charming indictment of the aristocracy is a supremely elegant and tuneful work. Figaro must defend his fiancée, Susanna, from the clutches of ...


Paulina Salas, a former political prisoner, and her husband Gerardo Escobar, a lawyer, live in a time of transition as their country shifts from dictatorship ...

Tender Is the Night (Up & Down) and Rodin


Tender Is the Night (Up & Down) Russia's leading neo classical ballet company returns to Israel presenting Boris Eifman's newest creation – Up & Down. ...

Britten: War Requiem
Britten: War Requiem
7/15 - 7/16/2015


TBA - choirs The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA...

Heavenly Pleasure


Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major...

The Lady and the Peddler
The Lady and the Peddler
7/3 - 7/10/2015

Summer Delights – The Greatest Hits


A festive season finale with the most popular arias from the most beloved operas in the repertoire including Carmen, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Don Giovanni, ...

L'elisir d'amore - Sultan's Pool, Jerusalem


A magical Mediterranean love story in which Adina enjoys teasing Nemorino until she finally does say "I do". Omri Nitzan's beloved, colorful and very genuine ...

The Ninth
The Ninth
6/21


Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D major Shostakovich Concerto for piano and trumpet...

Tosca
Tosca
6/4 - 6/13/2015


Act I The church of St. Andrea della Valle. Midday. Angelotti escaped from the Castle Sant’ Angelo where he was imprisoned for treason, and has ...

Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana
6/10 - 6/12/2015


From the monasteries of Middle Ages Europe comes this collection of songs celebrating the fertility rites of nature and human beings alike. Carl Orff's sweeping ...

Dance Theatre of Harlem
Dance Theatre of Harlem
6/10 - 6/12/2015


The rejuvenated Harlem Dance Theatre, which enjoys a huge critical acclaim all over the world, returns to Israel with a new program following its huge ...

Momix - Alchemia
Momix - Alchemia
5/27 - 5/29/2015


Momix' latest creation is an enchanting and phantasmagorical multimedia spectacle full of wild invention, aesthetic thrills and surprising humor with an extra Harry Potter charm ...

La Folia
La Folia
5/25


Wiesenberg Concerto Da Camera-La Foila Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 Tchaikovsky Violin concerto in D major, Op. 35...

The Tsar's Bride
The Tsar's Bride
5/8 - 5/19/2015


The Novaya Opera from Moscow returns to the Israeli Opera with a new production of one of the greatest classics of the Russian repertoire, a ...

Russian Soul


When Pushkin meets Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky and Pushkin – the ultimate combination! A program of Russian delights featuring extended excerpts from Yevgeny Onegin and other Russian ...

Akram Khan Company - iTMOi
Akram Khan Company - iTMOi
4/30 - 5/2/2015


Britain's hottest name of the dance world presents his own homage to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Khan's wild imagination brings to the stage the ...

Nabucco
Nabucco
4/7 - 4/25/2015


Part I | Jerusalem Thus said the Lord: Behold, I shall deliver this city into the hands of the King of Babylon, and he will ...

L'elisir d'amore
L'elisir d'amore
3/11 - 3/22/2015


Two strangers intrude upon the serenity of the closed community of a pastoral village. They are the sergeant Belcore, a womanizing braggart soldier and Dulcamara, ...

Death by Opera


the Great Heroines of Verdi and Puccini Gilda and Butterfly, Mimi and Violetta, Tosca and Aida and many more. Verdi and Puccini's heroines are condemned ...

Bolero
Bolero
3/3


After his brilliant debut at La Monnaie in Cendrillon, Alain Altinoglu continues to browse through the French repertoire. Like some of Ernest Chausson’s other compositions, ...

Bach: Mattheus Passion
Bach: Mattheus Passion
2/24 - 2/25/2015


RAm National Academic male choir, Estonia Ellerhein Woman choir, Estonia The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA...

Emperor
Emperor
2/25


Beethoven Piano concerto No. 5, 'Emperor' Beethoven Symphony No. 7...

The Bayadere
The Bayadere
2/12 - 2/21/2015


Operetta at its best! An Indian Prince who lives in Paris falls in love with a local actress and refuses to return to his homeland ...

Bad Boys of Dance - Rock the Ballet 2


The young, sexy, charismatic and energetic dancers that rock the world in their rollicking performances return to Israel with a new program danced to the ...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
1/29 - 2/1/2015


75 performers bring to life the touching love story of all time – Shakespeare's young lovers from Verona. Spuck's new production for the wonderful dancers ...

La Rondine
La Rondine
1/9 - 1/24/2015


romantic love be genuine and blossom? Puccini presents a touching love story about a boy and a girl who fall in love but are not ...

Yotam Cohen – From Naples with Love


Yotam Cohen, accompanied by the Master Quartet ensemble, performs a program of the most beloved Neapolitan songs of all times – "Santa Lucia", "O Sole ...

Il barbiere di Siviglia
Il barbiere di Siviglia
11/21 - 12/7/2014


Il barbiere di Siviglia Act I With his band of hired musicians, Count Almaviva comes at dawn to serenade Rosina outside the house of her ...

Deborah Colker Tatyana
Deborah Colker Tatyana
10/29 - 11/1/2014


Deborah Colker's new opus is based on Tatyana, the heroine of Pushkin's novella Yevgeni Onegin. A touching universal love story is performed by Colker's exceptional ...

Compagnie Marie Chouinard The Rite of Spring


The intriguing Canadian choreographer Marie Chouinard returns to Israel with her mesmerizing company presenting her very erotic and wild Rite of Spring in a program ...

Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly
10/9 - 10/11/2014


A world première of a ballet based on Puccini's classical opera featuring an exciting combination of opera and ballet and commissioned by the Israeli Opera ...

Ballet de Lorraine
Ballet de Lorraine
7/16 - 7/19/2014


Two intriguing dance works by legendary choreographers danced to perfection by this exciting French company featuring complex movements and the athletic abilities of the dancers, ...

From Opera to Musical


Summer delights with popular arias, duets and ensembles from Mozart, Verdi and Puccini to Johann Strauss, Lehar and the greatest musicals we all love including ...

La Traviata at the foot of Masada


The lady with camellias arrives at Masada in a new spectacular production. The ailing Violetta falls in love with Alfredo who lacks the funds to ...

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
6/4 - 6/10/2014


One of the most stunning and riveting versions of Swan Lake ever seen. Imaginative British choreographer Matthew Bourne creates his own very personal version of ...

La bohème
La bohème
4/23 - 5/10/2014


Act I An attic in Paris, December 24, evening In their shabby attic, the painter Marcello and the poet Rodolfo complain of the cold. In ...

Paris City of Lights – from La bohème to La traviata


Everyone falls in love in Paris. This is where the greatest love stories take place. Parisian love stories and sumptuous French music presented in a ...

Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
3/20 - 4/5/2014


PROLOGUE Hoffmann, a poet and musician, is undergoing a severe crisis in his artistic career, as a result of his obsession with Stella, an opera ...

Comeback
Comeback
3/4

Don Pasquale
Don Pasquale
2/18 - 3/1/2014


ACT I Scene i A room in Don Pasquale’s house Don Pasquale, a rich but aging bachelor, has decided to arrange the marriage of his ...

Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal


Celebrating 40 years of modern dance excellence, the Ballet Jazz de Montreal returns to Israel with a new program featuring a mixed and varied repertoire ...

Mozart's Women


What do all these women actually do and where do they do it and with whom? An intriguing program featuring Susanna and the Countess from ...

Pilobolus - Shadowland
Pilobolus - Shadowland
12/25 - 12/28/2013


Pilobolus at their very best! A tender love story presented with a combination of acrobatic dance, shadows, circus and a live concert of ballades and ...

Csardas Princess
Csardas Princess
12/12 - 12/19/2013


Act I The Orpheum Cabaret, Budapest The guests at the Orpheum Cabaret are celebrating the final appearance of their singing star, Sylva Varescu, before her ...

The Titan
The Titan
12/15

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
11/20 - 11/23/2013


The daring athletic movement of the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet is enhanced by their willingness to incorporate multimedia into modern dance....

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
11/18 - 11/19/2013


Alice and her friends from wonderland return to the Israeli Opera stage, after the lavish success of the world première last summer. This colorful opera ...

Alonzo King Lines Ballet Dance
Alonzo King Lines Ballet Dance
11/13 - 11/16/2013


This San Francisco based dance company stuns audiences with riveting programs all over the world....

West Side Story
West Side Story
10/31 - 11/9/2013


Act I Upper West Side, New York, 1950s, during the last days of summer. The fully-danced prolog shows the tension built up between the Jets ...

Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo


The Trocks – the riveting male dancers who perform in tuttos and on pointe return to Israel due to audience demand. Performances full with riveting ...

Mendelssohn: Elijah
Mendelssohn: Elijah
10/16 - 10/17/2013

Prince Igor
Prince Igor
10/2 - 10/12/2013


Prologue The Square in Putivl Prince Igor and his army are about to set out on a campaign against the Polovtsy and their Khans. The ...

Romeo & Juliet


This tragedy tells the story of two “star-cross'd lovers” from feuding families. During a party, Romeo and Juliet fall in love. They meet secretly until ...

Shen Wei Dance Arts
Shen Wei Dance Arts
9/25 - 9/28/2013


The company of Shen Wei, the Chinese-American choreographer who created the choreography for the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, comes to Israel with their spellbinding version ...

Mozart's Surprise Box


Two young sisters embark on a magical journey through a forest in which they eventually discover the world of classical music in general and the ...

Hänsel and Gretel


The young siblings who are lost in the darkness of the forest encounter the sumptuous candy house of the witch who loves to eat children ...

Swan Lake on Ice


Swans on blades. A stunning production of the classical ballet performed by stellar international ice skating stars. A colorful and sizzling production with scores of ...

Carmen and her Friends


Carmen, the free spirited gypsy, hosts other operatic gypsies as well as characters from some of the most beloved French operas of all times including ...


Tchaikovsky piano concerto No. 1 Holst The Planets...

Boris Eifman Ballet | Rodin
7/8 - 7/11/2013


The popular neo-classical Russian company returns to Israel to present its latest première – Rodin. A work dedicated to the life and creative work of ...

Yevgeni Onegin
6/24 - 7/6/2013


The first visit to Israel of the Bolshoi Opera from Moscow presenting their spectacular production of Yevgeny Onegin, the most popular Russian opera in the ...

Yossi, Smart Child of Mine


Composer Sasha Argov, one of the mainstays of Israeli song, was born in Russia to a dentist father and pianist mother. The home was always ...


Summer delights with popular arias, duets and ensembles from Mozart, Verdi and Puccini to Johann Strauss, Lehar and the greatest musicals we all love....

La Traviata
5/11 - 6/16/2013


One of Verdi's most popular operas returns to the stage of the Israeli Opera in a colorful and spectacular production. A poignant love story that ...


The Kibutz Artzi Choir & Ramat Gan Chamber Choir The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA...


One of China's leading choreographers presents in his new work his creative response to the economic and environmental crises in China in 2009, performed by ...

Dance Theatre of Harlem
5/30 - 6/1/2013


This exciting American dance company returns to Israel after a long absence with a new program for local audiences, featuring its classical repertoire of tantalizing ...


Haydn Symphony No. 85, La Reine Miklos Rozsa Viola Concerto Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances...


Johann Strauss Jr. wanted only one thing in life – to be exactly like his father, superstar Johann Strauss Sr. However, Papa Strauss wanted his ...

Babi Yar
4/28


Men's Choir from The New Vocal Ensemble & The Kibutz Artzi Choir The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA...

Otello
4/12 - 4/27/2013


Verdi meets Shakespeare in a powerful musical drama in which the Moor Otello murders his Venetian wife Desdemona in a fit of uncontrolled jealousy created ...


From civil war Sierra Leone, imerged an amazing band that sings of hope and faith and is an inspiration to artists world-wide. Music from the ...


Giuseppe Verdi is celebrating his 200th birthday and everyone is nvited to the party! Arias and duets from Verdi's most popular peras including Rigoletto, Un ...

Boris Godunov
3/13 - 3/29/2013


A grandiose Russian operatic epic following the rise and fall of Tsar Boris Godunov and his reign of terror against the boyars and the common ...

The Magic Flute
12/25 - 3/24/2013


Papageno the bird catcher embarks on a perilous journey to find princess Pamina and return her to prince Tamino who lovers her and waits for ...

Yotam Cohen – South American Fiesta


Yotam Cohen, accompanied by the Latino Americano Folk Ensemble, performs a program of indigenous South American music including excerpts from Misa Criolla by Ramirez....


Nemorino is in love with Adina who does not hurry to return his love. She even tells him she would rather marry the soldier Belcore ...

Everyone Loves Carmen!
3/5 - 3/7/2013


George Bizet, the composer of Carmen, the most popular opera of all time, was a child prodigy. Born in Paris, his mother was a gifted ...

The Turn of the Screw
2/12 - 2/23/2013


Menacing ghosts shatter the peaceful harmony in a picturesque British manor where two children try to come to terms with growing up. Britten's mesmerizing opera ...


Yotam Cohen accompanied by the Master Quartet Ensemble performs a program highlighting the most beloved Israeli songs of all time and their origins which are ...


Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Elgar Cello Concerto Bernstein Times Square Copland Old American Songs Gershwin An American in Paris...


The New Vocal Ensemble Shahar Choir Adi Coir The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA...

Cinderella
12/18 - 2/13/2013


The beloved fairytale about Cinderella who rises from the cinders to become a beautiful princess in spite of the fact that her two ugly step ...

Un ballo in maschera
Un ballo in maschera
1/17 - 2/1/2013


ACT I Scene i The governor’s mansion Riccardo, the governor of Boston, is giving an audience. Oscar, his page, brings him the list of guests ...

Deborah Colker Dance Company
1/23 - 1/26/2013


In a collage of romantic mega hits, the dancers perform a collection of movemets with irony and elegance in which they investigate the physics of ...

Luisa Miller
1/3 - 1/19/2013


Love and desire, passion, hate and spite in one of the most important and beautiful Verdi operas ever written. Based on Schiller's gripping drama, Luisa ...

Carnival in Venice
1/8 - 1/10/2013


The masked carnival in Venice, the floating city, has been taking place for hundreds of years. It is inspired by characters of the Commedia dell’Arte ...


The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA Beloved liturgical works performed by Israeli and international conductors, soloists and choirs....

WOZZECK
11/26 - 12/7/2012


Wozzeck is a simple soldier trying to survive in an unjust world. His captain exploits him, he is the subject of scientific experiments conducted by ...

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