Opera

Jewish musical group performs song in Hebrew in historic Australia Day concert in Sydney

It marked the first time Hebrew has been sung at the iconic Opera House Forecourt in any concert setting, and also the first time a Jewish song has been performed at the Australia Day Live concert.

JANUARY 26, 2026|ByMATHILDA HELLER

SHIR, the Australian Jewish Music Festival, outside the Sydney Opera House.

Viktor Ullmann’s 'Der Kaiser von Atlantis' as a manifesto against tyranny - review

Ullmann completed this significantly historical work in Ghetto Theresienstadt just before he was sent to his death in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

DECEMBER 21, 2025|ByLIRAN GURKIEWICZ

ISRAELI CONDUCTOR Lahav Shani and members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra receive applause from the audience following their performance as guests at the Konzerthaus Berlin, as part of the ongoing Musikfest Berlin, following their disinvitation from the Flanders Festival Ghent, in Berlin, Germa

Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra performs ‘Aida’ opera - review

Youthful, graceful, and very competent, with a cast of top singers, Maestro Vincenzo Milletari took the audience to ancient Egypt and its unique rituals and customs.

DECEMBER 21, 2025|BySARAH HERSHENSON

The Hanukkah menorah is projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House on December 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

Sydney Opera House lit with menorah after deadly antisemitic attack

“Lighting the Opera House is a simple but powerful gesture: a message to the world that we cherish our Jewish community, that we honour their courage, and that we stand with them in solidarity."

DECEMBER 16, 2025|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

Israeli Opera ends season with ‘blazing’ production of Mozart’s ‘Requiem’

Weiss and Barnea are eager to represent this rich, highly Catholic, Latin text in a blazing new manner.

JULY 10, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN

THE ISRAELI OPERA presents Mozart’s ‘Requiem.’

‘The City’ is a dazzling Israeli rap opera

The movie isn’t just showing off its cleverness, although if it were, it would be understandable. Instead, it’s using the whole noir/rap package to create and critique a canvas of Israeli society.

JULY 5, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN

Tel Aviv summer opera program returns

The selected operas include Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette, and Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, showcasing a diverse range of musical styles and theatrical excellence.

JULY 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

LAST YEAR’S gala performance of the Tel Aviv Summer Opera Program.

Il Trovatore: Israeli Opera shows depths of human anguish during wartime - review

The sad lives of the Romani, who lack even chairs to be able to use their legs with which to fend off spirits are examined in the Israeli Opera’s brilliant performance.

JUNE 26, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN