The Opera Festival comes to Jerusalem! The Israeli Opera, the Jerusalem
Municipality, and the Jerusalem Development Authority are proud to
extend the Opera Festival to Jerusalem and its environs. The festival will feature a performance of Verdi's "Jerusalem,"
performed in Israel for the first time ever, a gala concert with the
"Arena di Verona" performing famous opera favorites, and chamber and
vocal concerts in Jerusalem churches and other significant sites.
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The festival's opening night, on Thursday, June 2, 2011, at 20:30, will feature a performance by the Arena di Verona Orchestra, performing favorite opera hits, at Jerusalem's Sultan's Pool.
Giuliano Carella, conductor
Soloists:
Svetla Vassileva: soprano
Mariana Pentcheva: mezzo soprano
Stefano Secco: tenor
Louis-Ottavio Faria: bass
The Orchestra will perform Arias and duets from:
Il trovatore, La traviata, Rigoletto, Falstaff (Verdi)
La boheme, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Turandot (Puccini)
Il barbiere di Sivigllia (Rossini)
and more...
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The Festival's closing night, on Monday, June 6, 2011, at 20:30, will feature a the Israeli première of Verdi's "The Opera Jerusalem" at Jerusalem's Sultan's Pool.
The Opera Jerusalem: An opera in four acts.
Libretto: Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaez after the opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata by Verdi and Temistocle Solera.
Premiere: Paris, Opera, November 26, 1847
Conductor: David Stern
Producer: Moshe Kepten
Set Designer: Bambi Friedman
Lighting Designer: Eyal Tavori
Sound Designer: Yuval Silberstein
Video Designer: Shay Bonder
Concert performance with colorful costumes and spectacular lighting.
Jerusalem, opera by Verdi
Original version performed in French
Soloists:
Helene: Ira Bertman
Gaston: Scott Piper
Roger: TBD
The Count of Toulouse: Roberto Serville
Isaure: Lilia Gretsova
Raymond: Felix Livshitz
Officer: Nimrod Grinboim
Adhemar de Monteil: Nicolai Karnolsky
The Emir of Ramla: Noah Briger
The Israeli Opera Chorus
Chorus Master: Yishai Steckler
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA
With surtitles in Hebrew and English
Listen to a selection from the Opera Jerusalem
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For more information, the full festival schedule, and to order tickets, visit the festival's official website.
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