Opera Festival at the Dead Sea

31/03/2011 12:44:00 Poul

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Following the spectacular success of last year Verdi's Nabucco at the Masada Opera Festival in which over 42,000 opera lovers came, has been expanded for 2011 to include concerts in Jerusalem as well.

The Opera Festival will be shown at Masada, a fortress built by King Herod, which is situated atop an isolated rock cliff overlooking the Dead Sea.

Internationally renowned Israeli opera conductor Daniel Oren will return to the majestic landscape, to lead a new production of Verdi's Aida (a co production with the Orange Festival in France) that features internationally acclaimed opera singers including Micaela Carosi, Marco Berti, Ildiko Komlosi, Paata Burchuladze and others.

Verdi's Aida, the improbable love story of the enslaved Ethiopian princes Aida and the Egyptian army officer Radames, will be performed in a giant amphitheater specially-erected on the desert floor, with the majestic mountain-top fortress of Masada as the backdrop to the stage. The production, conducted by Daniel Oren, will feature 120 choristers, 40 dancers and 70 extras of the Israeli Opera and the Israel Symphony Orchestra, Rishon LeZion. Opera-lovers will also be able to enjoy Verdi's Requiem, performed by the orchestra of the Arena di Verona, under the baton of Giuliano Carella, together with the Israeli Opera Chorus.

Massada, a fortress overlooking the Dead Sea

The Masada, Dead Sea and Jerusalem Opera Festival will also feature concerts by the orchestra of the Arena di Verona, and the Israeli premiere of Verdi's Jerusalem, performed at the open air Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem, overlooking the majestic walls of the old city of Jerusalem. David Stern, the music director of the Israeli Opera, will lead the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israeli Opera Chorus and international soloists including Carlo Colombara, Scott Piper and Roberto Serville in the performance Verdi's Jerusalem.

Tourists in Jerusalem will also be able to enjoy a very special musical when ten concerts in Jerusalem will take place in ten different churches in the old and new city.

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