Zehava Gal
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| native_name = זֶהָבָה גַּל
| occupation = Operatic mezzo-soprano
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Zehava Gal ({{langx|he|זֶהָבָה גַּל}}) is an Israeli-born operatic mezzo-soprano.
Zehava Gal has sung leading roles in both European and North American opera houses and festivals, including La Scala, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Paris Opera, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as well as at the Salzburg Easter Festival, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, and the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. She also sang the title role in Peter Brook's 1983 film, La Tragedie de Carmen.{{Cite book|last1=Davies|first1=Ann|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yl3cwxX2s_oC&pg=PA39|title=Carmen on Screen: An Annotated Filmography and Bibliography|last2=Powrie|first2=Phil|date=2006|publisher=Tamesis Books|isbn=978-1-85566-129-5|page=39}}
Her concert performances include the world premiere of Benjamin Lees' Symphony No. 4, Memorial Candles for mezzo-soprano, violin and orchestra (Dallas Symphony Orchestra, 10 October 1985).{{Cite web|title=Benjamin Lees - Symphony No.4 "Memorial Candles"|url=https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Benjamin-Lees-Symphony-No-4-Memorial-Candles/2059|access-date=8 February 2023|website=Boosey & Hawkes}}
In 1994, she became an adjunct associate professor of voice at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, however as of 2021, she no longer works at the institution.
Discography
Zehava Gal's recordings include:
- Antonio Salieri: Tarare – Recorded at the Schwetzingen Festival, 1988 (DVD). Label: EuroArts-Arthaus Musik{{citation | last1=Salieri | first1=Antonio | last2=Beaumarchais | first2=Pierre Augustin Caron de | last3=Malgoire | first3=Jean Claude | author4=Deutsche Händel-Solisten | title=Tarare | publisher=Arthaus Musik | publication-place=[Place of publication not identified] | year=1988 | oclc=224936064 | language=fr | page=}}
- Rossini: Mosè in Egitto – Claudio Scimone, conductor, 1981 (CD). Label: Decca{{citation | last1=Rossini | first1=Gioachino | last2=Fisichella | first2=Salvatore | last3=Tottola | first3=Andrea Leone | last4=Palacio | first4=Ernesto | last5=Gal | first5=Zehava | last6=Browne | first6=Sandra | last7=Gardini | first7=Ubaldo | last8=Anderson | first8=June | last9=Raimondi | first9=Ruggero | last10=McCarthy | first10=John | title=Mose' in Egitto : Azione tragico-sacra in tre atti : seconda versione originale in italiano (1819) | publisher=Philips Classics Productions | publication-place=Baarn (NL) | year=1992 | oclc=1116262505 | language=it | page=}}
- Claudio Abbado Conducts Mussorgsky – London Symphony Orchestra, 1992 (CD). Label: RCA Records{{citation | last1=Musorgskij | first1=Modest Petrovič | last2=Abbado | first2=Claudio | author3=London symphony orchestra | author4=BMG Music International (Europe) | author5=BMG France | author6=BMG Music | title=Claudio Abbado conducts Mussorgsky | publisher=BMG Music International (Europe) ; Distrib. BMG France | publication-place=London, Neuilly | year=1992 | oclc=658458781 | language=mis | page=}}
- Gideon Klein: Oeuvres Instrumentales et Vocales, Fabrice Parmentier, conductor, 1994 (CD). Label: Arion{{citation | last1=Klein | first1=Gideon | last2=Méfano | first2=Paul | last3=Parmentier | first3=Fabrice | title=Œuvres instrumentales et vocales | publisher=Arion Music | publication-place=Paris | year=1993 | oclc=1136153906 | language=cs | page=}}
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Category:Israeli mezzo-sopranos
Category:20th-century Israeli women opera singers
Category:Operatic mezzo-sopranos