FEDORA - Sivan Eldar’s Like Flesh: A FEDORA Opera Prize Winner Resonating Across Europe

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Sivan Eldar’s Like Flesh: A FEDORA Opera Prize Winner Resonating Across Europe

Winners

We are proud to celebrate the ongoing success of Like Flesh by composer Sivan Eldar, winner of the FEDORA Opera Prize 2021, which continues to receive critical acclaim and captivate audiences across Europe.

Eldar’s first opera, created in collaboration with librettist Cordelia Lynn, reimagines episodes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses in a strikingly contemporary context, weaving themes of feminism and ecology into a forest setting where three characters confront transformation and loss.

Recently featured in Le Monde as a recommended album to discover, Like Flesh was recorded live at its world premiere at Opéra de Lille in 2022, now released on B-Records/Outhere Music. The performance, under the precise and sensitive direction of Maxime Pascal with Le Balcon, features Helena Rasker, William Dazeley, and Juliette Allen, bringing Eldar’s intricate and emotionally charged score to life.

Like Flesh pushes the boundaries of contemporary opera, engaging audiences and artists alike, and we congratulate Sivan Eldar while thanking our community and partners for supporting the FEDORA Opera Prize and this project.