The Israel Opera will be performing the opera Iolanta by Peter Tchaikovsky. It is the first time that this opera will ever be performed in Israel. Sung in Russian, with Hebrew and English subtitles, the opera tells the liberating story of a blind princess and will run from January 18 through the 28th. Reporter Arieh O’Sullivan spoke with the show’s director Shirit Lee-Weiss about Iolanta. (photo: Yossi Tzveker) 

<p>The Israel Opera will be performing the opera Iolanta by Peter Tchaikovsky. It is the first time that this opera will ever be performed in Israel. Sung in Russian, with Hebrew and English subtitles, the opera tells the liberating story of a blind princess and will run from January 18 through the 28th. Reporter Arieh O&rsquo;Sullivan spoke with the show&rsquo;s director Shirit Lee-Weiss about Iolanta. (photo: Yossi Tzveker)&nbsp;</p>