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<\/a>Bizet\u2019s Pearl Fishers<\/em> is a masterpiece that sometimes gets lost in the shadow of Bizet\u2019s more famous opera, Carmen<\/em>. Now it will be given a chance to shine again with a new production. Holding the baton we\u2019ll have Francesco Ciampa, formerly Daniel Oren\u2019s assistant at Salerno. Robert MacPherson and Alexei Dolgov will sing Nadir, and Hila Baggio and Alla Vassilevitsky will share the role of Leila.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll hear two very different Giuseppe Verdis by exploring the growth of his music: his Shakespearean masterpiece Macbeth<\/em>, written at the start of his career (Ira Bertman and Luca Gallo will portray the dynamic duo), and Il Trovatore<\/em>, part of the Rig-Trav-Trov trio of operas written by Verdi in his prime. Daniel Calegari will conduct, and as the Troubador of the title, Manrico, we\u2019ll hear Gustavo Porta. The Opera will host two international opera houses next year. The Budapest Operetta Theatre will return with a production of Die Fledermaus<\/em>, a waltz-filled and fun-filled operetta which is ideally experienced with a glass of champagne in hand. The Lithuanian National Opera will bring us their production of The Marriage of Figaro<\/em>. David Pountney\u2019s production of Rigoletto<\/em> will be performed again this year, this time as part of the Opera Festival in Jerusalem at the Sultan\u2019s Pool. The festival at Acco will feature performances of Mozart\u2019s Abduction from the Seraglio<\/em>.<\/p>\n The Masada festival will grow next year and feature not one but two operas. One is Verdi\u2019s Un ballo in maschera<\/em>, which was performed last year on the opera house stage. The second is probably the best choice, at the very least historically, for the Masada Opera Festival \u2013 drumroll, please \u2013 Saint-Saens\u2019 Samson and Delilah<\/em>. The singers have not yet been announced but given Maestro Oren\u2019s penchant for finding and grooming exceptional artists around the globe, you can rest assured that the voices will be satisfactory.<\/p>\n During Sukkot, the Opera will stage three operas aimed at a younger audience in the main auditorium, giving kids a chance to experience the larger-than-life setting of opera as part of a mature audience. The Magic Flute<\/em>, La Cenerentola<\/em>, and David Sebba\u2019s Alice in Wonderland<\/em> can give the young listener a taste of what the crazy, fabulous world of opera can offer. All of these operas will be performed in Hebrew. The Israel Opera has announced their 2015-2016 season, with an expanded Masada Festival, operas for children, and more events all over the country. A strong Italian presence can be noted in the current season \u2013 Verdi, Rossini and Puccini dominate. Next season will celebrate some of the greatest French composers with two operas to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31564","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\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
\nWe\u2019ll have more operatic Shakespeare with Gounod\u2019s Romeo et Juliette<\/em>. Aurelia Florian and Hila Baggio will share the role of Juliette and rising star Najmiddin Mavlyanov will star as Romeo.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe\u2019ll have Rossini\u2019s madcap La Cenerentola<\/em> conducted by Daniel Cohen and with our now almost regular cast of buffa soloists: Annalisa Stroppa and our own Na\u2019ama Goldman sharing the title role, Christian S and Bruno de Simone.<\/p>\n
\nFor more details about next season, visit www.israel-opera.co.il<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"