The Israeli Opera, formerly known as the New Israeli Opera, is the principal opera company of Israel. It was founded in 1985 after lack of Israeli government funding led to the demise of the Israel National Opera. Since 1994 the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center has been its main performance venue. The company also founded the Israeli Opera Festival which has performed large-scale outdoor productions, originally at Caesarea, and from 2010 in Masada.[1][2][3]
The company's General Director is Zach Granite who replaced Hanna Munitz who held the post from 1995 until 2016. Its music director as of 2018 is Dan Ettinger
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