Tag Archives: Tel Aviv

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci Open the Season at the New Israeli Opera

Posted on December 4, 2011 by admin

The last few decades of the 19th century in Italy must the time and the place for the fans of opera. Verdi was the national hero and his opera greater than life were making an international career after having brought … Continue reading →

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‘Sof Tov’ by Anat Gov at the Cameri Theater

Posted on November 25, 2011 by admin

In her book On Death and Dying, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD describes five stages of coping with the malady that she observed in the psychology of many people hit by cancer. The stages may last for different periods of time and … Continue reading →

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Pinter’s ‘The Caretaker’ at the Cameri Theater

Posted on November 1, 2011 by admin

The Caretaker is one of the first plays of Harold Pinter and his first commercial success on the British stages. Published in 1960 it was strongly influenced by the works of the masters of the absurd theater, especially Ionesco and … Continue reading →

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Sanda Weigl in Tel Aviv

Posted on October 30, 2011 by admin

How comes it that I did not know at least her name before? Sanda Weigl is a superb musician, with a deep and moving voice, whose art has its roots in the Gypsy and Romanian traditional music which she processed … Continue reading →

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A Strike to Regret (or ‘O Go My Man’ at the Habima Theater)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by admin

Bad things continue to happen to Habima, the national theater of Israel. The renovation of the historic building was supposed to be ready during the previous season, but it looks like even its inauguration is not sure for this season … Continue reading →

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‘Peace Syndrome’ at the Beit Lessin Theatre

Posted on September 24, 2011 by admin

If the first selection in the Beit Lessin theater season was on the safe side, the second one we attended on Saturday morning was much more daring. ‘Peace Syndrome’ is a documentary theater coproduction of Beit Lessin with the Theater … Continue reading →

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‘Mimouna’ at the Beit Lessin Theatre

Posted on September 24, 2011 by admin

We have a busy theater weekend ahead, with two Beit Lessin performances (one, today, part of the ‘Pothim Bama – Stage Opening’ event) and one tomorrow at Habima. It is the start of a new season, and I am eager … Continue reading →

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Zora Palova at Litvak

Posted on September 22, 2011 by admin

Zora Palova, born in 1947 and wife of Stepan Pala has spent much of the last 15 years in England, as a research professor at the University of Sunderland, on the shore of the North Sea. She works in melted … Continue reading →

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Yakov Agor, Photographer at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Posted on September 21, 2011 by admin

Let me cross the street (over the bridge) for this posting and remember one of the exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art that Liliana and me visited last Friday morning. I will be back with impressions about other … Continue reading →

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Štěpán Pala at Litvak

Posted on September 20, 2011 by admin

The Slovak artist Štěpán Pala belongs visibly to the school of Vaclav Cigler. He uses the optical glass as well although his preferred technique of melting and molding the glass is different. The three works exposed at the Freedom to … Continue reading →

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