Ira Bartman

Ira is the leading soloist lyric soprano of the Israeli Opera.

She was involved in numerous productions and performed countless parts. She was born in Riga where she began her musical studies. After moving to Israel she continued her studies at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem. She took part in the young singers program at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv and was awarded the Garbov and the IVAI Prizes there. She started her professional career in 2001, as Konstanze, in production of Mozart’s Die Entf’rung aus dem Serail. Her interpretation of Adina in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore won her wide public and press praise in the 2005 Israeli Opera production when it went on tour at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Since 2010 she made acclaimed debuts around the world.