Name: Afternoon Concert at the Hebrew University
Start: 2026-12-14T13:00:00
Location: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem Lyric Opera

Experience Claude Debussy’s haunting operatic masterpiece like never before in a historic theatrical premiere presented by the Jerusalem Lyric Opera. For the first time on stage, the worlds of sublime art, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence collide in a groundbreaking production of Pelléas et Mélisande.

Conceived by visionary Mikhail Uchitelev using his pioneering Neurocanon method and brought to life by acclaimed director Elina Amromina, this production transforms the traditional stage into a living, breathing model of the human brain. Through immersive, AI-generated visual worlds and breathtaking holographic projections, audiences are invited to step inside a total psychological arena where primal impulses, secret dreams, and the eternal forces of the ego clash in shadow and light.

Serving as the emotional heartbeat of this extraordinary odyssey is the Velum Orchestra, under the musical direction of Dr. Sofia Mazar. Her exquisite and nuanced musical interpretation seamlessly blends with cutting-edge technology, sweeping you into a vivid, multi-sensory reality where neurobiology and artistic fiction become one.

Pelléas et Mélisande

Hebrew Union College

Afternoon concert will featured arias and ensembles from famous and beloved operas of Verdi, Puccini, Lehar, Offenbach and more.

Afternoon Concert at the Hebrew University

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Experience the magic of Broadway in a spectacular operetta show dedicated to the greatest and most recognizable works in musical history. The show combines the magic of classic operetta with beloved Broadway hits, including thrilling performances from timeless works such as "West Side Story," "Cinderella," and "The Phantom of the Opera."

Take a musical journey through the songs and stories that have touched the hearts of millions.

An immersive and emotional experience, suitable for all theater lovers, from musical addicts to audiences rediscovering them.

Musicals Concert

Harmonia Music Center

Dear Erich was commissioned by New York City Opera and received it's world premiere January 9-13, 2019, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Dear Erich was inspired by 200 newly discovered letters written in Germany between 1938 and 1941 by Herta Rosenthal to her son Erich, the composer's father. Dear Erich tells a refugee story for our times. How can a family cope as the walls of their nation's hatred close in around them? For those who escape, what lies ahead? Even in the land of the free, are they ever really free? What if they never learn the fate of loved ones left behind and the communications just stopped? What does closure mean, why does remembrance matter, where does hope come from?

T. Rosenthal Jazz-Opera Dear Erich

A richly coloured journey through Richard Strauss's instrumental and vocal pieces, where sumptuous melodies, intimate lyricism, and theatrical brilliance unfold in a luminous concert portrait.

While history often remembers Richard Strauss for his massive orchestral tone poems and grand operas, tonight’s program steps away from the roaring brass and wall-of-sound orchestration to enter his private musical sanctuary. This concert pairs his most exquisite Lieder (art songs) for voice and piano with his brilliant, youthful masterworks for cello, violin, and piano. Together, these pieces reveal Strauss as a composer of profound intimacy, lyricism, and emotional vulnerability.

The concert opens with the fiery brilliance of Strauss's early instrumental years, highlighting his masterful chamber writing before he turned almost exclusively to the opera house.

Richard Strauss Concert

A Multidisciplinary Celebration of French Impressionism and Belle Époque Vocal Masterpiecesץ Step back into the elite salons and avant-garde theaters of fin-de-siècle Paris. Tonight’s unique program weaves together the exquisite art songs (mélodies) of Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Reynaldo Hahn. Far from a traditional recital, this evening redefines the chamber music experience by uniting leading opera singers, expressive contemporary dancers, and a single grand piano. Together, they transform poetry, movement, and sound into a single, immersive sensory experience.

Chansons, Clavier, et Corps – An Evening of Debussy, Ravel, and Hahn

Join us for an evening dedicated to Luigi Pirandello, Nobel laureate in Literature, on the ninetieth anniversary of his death, and to his fellow countryman Vincenzo Bellini, one of Italian music's great protagonists.

Two extraordinary exponents of Sicilian culture, Pirandello and Bellini, converge for an evening that intertwines words, music, and theatre through their works, their land, and their way of describing people and their passions.

Join us for an enchanting evening of bel canto at the historic YMCA Auditorium in the heart of Jerusalem. Autor Itzhak Eugenio de'Giorgi and our Vocal Ensemble, under the musical direction of Dr. Sofia Mazar, celebrate the luminous genius of two great artists, Luigi Pirandello and Vincenzo Bellini, bringing together some of their most beloved and masterfully crafted works. Pirandello's theatrical works and Bellini's soaring melodies and exquisite vocal writing have captivated audiences for years—come experience these masters' beauty and elegance in an intimate setting.