{"id":17613,"date":"2012-02-06T06:42:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T13:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=17613"},"modified":"2012-02-06T06:43:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T13:43:23","slug":"bizets-carmen-to-be-performed-at-masada-june-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=17613","title":{"rendered":"Bizet\u2019s \u201cCarmen\u201d to be Performed at Masada, June 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17615\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/carmen-at-masada-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17615\" title=\"carmen at masada copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/carmen-at-masada-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/carmen-at-masada-copy.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/carmen-at-masada-copy-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carmen at Masada\/Photo courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Israeli Opera Company is busy setting the stage for what is perhaps its most ambitious and impressive production so far \u2013 Geroges Bizet\u2019s \u201cCarmen\u201d at the foot of Masada. \u201cCarmen\u201d is to be the main focus at this year\u2019s International Opera Festival, to be held June 7-12, 2012 at Masada, the Dead Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Following the success of Verdi\u2019s \u201cNabucco\u201d (2010) and \u201cAida\u201d (2011), the Israeli Opera Company chose to continue its tradition with this magnificent and larger-than-life production of Bizet\u2019s masterpiece, conducted by maestro Daniel Oren and directed by Giancarlo del Monaco-Zukerman.<\/p>\n<p>Leading \u201cCarmen\u201d will be Georgian soprano Anita Rachvelishvili (Carmen). Joining her will be Italian tenor Marco Berti (Don Jose), who delivered a wonderful performance as Radames in the Company\u2019s production of \u201cAida\u201d during last year\u2019s festival. They will be accompanied by the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion, the Israeli Opera Chorus, as well as hundreds of dancers and extras.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets and further information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera-masada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>, or call: *6226 \u2013 Bimot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli Opera Company is busy setting the stage for what is perhaps its most ambitious and impressive production so far \u2013 Geroges Bizet\u2019s \u201cCarmen\u201d at the foot of Masada. \u201cCarmen\u201d is to be the main focus at this year\u2019s International Opera Festival, to be held June 7-12, 2012 at Masada, the Dead Sea. Following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}