Ben Ishai, Tom
No. 5
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Israel
Date of birth: 28 April, 1993
Born in Haifa, Israel, she is a graduate of the Dunie Weizmann Conservatory in Singing (Noa Bizansky) and Piano (Irit Aloni), as well as of the class of Marina Levitt and Zvi Zemel at the Jerusalem Music Academy in 2016. She won 3rd prize at the Art Song Competition in Memory of Ada Brodsky and at the Paul Ben-Haim Competition. Currently she is a member of the Meitar Opera Studio at the Israeli Opera House, Tel Aviv, as well as of the Cecilia Ensemble and the New Israeli Vocal Ensemble. She is also a graduate from the “Tedarim” project for contemporary music. In recent years, she has performed the roles of Sirena in the opera “La Liberzione di Ruggiero dall’Isola D’Alcina” by Caccini, Gasparo in the opera “The Pirates” by Storace, Serpetta in the opera “La Finta Giardiniera” by Mozart, Constance in the opera “Dialogues des Carmelites” by Poulenc, and Rose in the opera “La jolie parfumeuse” by Offenbach, among others.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Die Loreley
Händel: Ch’io mai vi possa – Emira’s aria from Siroe, re di Persia
Sebba: Elohim medaber el Chava – the God’s aria from Mothers
Semi-final
Carlisle Floyd: The trees on the mountains – Susannah’s aria from Susannah
Lehár: Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß – Guiditta’s song from Giuditta
Final
Mozart: Guinse alfin il momento... Deh, vieni, non tardar – Susanna’s recitative and aria from Le nozze di Figaro
Gounod: Que vois-je là?... Ah! je ris de me voir si belle – Marguerite’s recitative and Jewel Song from Faust
Puccini: Quando me’n vo’ soletta per la via – Musetta’s waltz from La bohème