Other Performances

Verdi - Messa da Requiem

The Arena di Verona in Masada

Giuliano Carella, conductor

Soloists

Svetla Vassileva: soprano

Mariana Pentcheva: mezzo soprano

Stefano Secco: tenor

Luiz-Ottavio Faria: bass

The Israeli Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Yishai Steckler

The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir

Chorus Master: Leonti Wolf

‏The Arena di Verona Orchestra

Fri 3.6.11 (22:00)

Andrea Bocelli at Masada

A Gala concert with the renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, performing operatic arias, Italian songs and popular songs.

Marcello Rota, conductor

The Israeli Opera Chorus
The Opera Orchestra, the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion

Sun 12.6.11 (22:00)

The Arena di Verona in Jeursalem Opera Gala Jerusalem - Sultan's Pool

Giuliano Carella, conductor

Soloists

Svetla Vassileva: soprano

Mariana Pentcheva: mezzo soprano

Stefano Secco: tenor

Luiz-Ottavio Faria: bass

The Arena di Verona Orchestra

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...

Thur 2.6.11 (20:30)

The Opera Jerusalem by Verdi in Jerusalem Israeli première Jerusalem - Sultan's Pool

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 Ster

Director: Moshe Kepten

Costume Designer: Bambi Friedman

Sound Designer: Yuval Silberstein

Lighting Designer: Eyal Tavori

Projections: Shai Bonder

Soloists

Helene Ira Bertman

Gaston Scott Piper

Roger Kurt Rydl

The Count of Toulouse Roberto Serville

Isaure Lilia Gretsova

Adhemar de Monteil Nicolai Karnolsky

Raymond Felix Livshitz

Officer Nimrod Grinboim

Emir Noah Briger

Concert performance with colorful costumes and spectacular lighting
Jerusalem, opera by Verdi
Original version performed in French

International Opera Soloists
Choir of the Transilvania Philharmonic, Cluj
Choir conductor: Cornel Groza
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA
With surtitles in Hebrew and English

Mon 6.6.11 (20:30)

Jerusalem Churches  Church Concerts in Jerusalem

Fri 3.6.11

10 different programs (each program to be performed 3 times)

The Art of the Concerto
Concerti by Handel, Bach, Vivaldi and Corelli
The Israel Camerata Jerusalem
Avner Biron, conductor
Muki Zohar, oboe
St. Andrew's Church 11:00, 13:00

Misa Criolla and other Latin American Liturgical Works
Yotam Cohen, tenor
The kibbutz Artzi Choir
South American Ensemble
Yuval Ben Ozer, conductor
The Lutheran (Redeemer) Church
13:00, 16:00

Hear My Prayer
Choral works by Raminsh, Poulsen, Carter, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Busto
The Ankor Choir (Dafna Ben Yohanan, conductor)
Augusta Victoria Chruch, Mt. Of Olives
11:00, 13:00

Ave Maria - Choral Works for Girls Choir
Bat Kol Choir
Anat Morag, conductor
David Feldman, counter tenor
Dormition Abbey
13:00, 16:00

Opera Sancta
Sacred songs by 19th century Italian opera composers (Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini)
Mima Milo, soprano
Ala Vasilevitsky, soprano
Yifat Weisskopf, mezzo soprano
Yulia Rovinski, harp
Tower of David Museum
13:00, 16:00

Meeting Cleopatra - Arias by Handel, Mattheson and Hasse
Hila Baggio, soprano
Shira Raz, mezzo soprano
Baroque Trio directed by Eithan Schmeisser
The Austrian Hospice - The Chapel
13:00 16:00

English Baroque - works by Dowland, Purcell and Handel
Yael Levita, soprano
Na'ama Goldman, mezzo soprano
Baroque ensemble directed by Eithan Schmeisser
The Austrian Hospice - Auditorium
11:30, 14:00

From Monteverdi to Bach
The New Israeli Vocal Ensemble
The Sisters of Zion Church, Ein Kerem
13:00, 16:00

Bach Barndenburg Concerti - No. 3, 4, 5, 6
The Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra
David Shemer, conductor
Vincent de Paul Church
10:00, 11:30

Mahler - Das Lied von Der Erde (chamber version)
Gil Shohat, conductor
Elysium Ensemble
Ayala Zimbler, mezzo soprano
Gabriel Sadeh, tenor
Henry Crown Symphony Hall
One performance only at 13:30