For IO general manager Hannah Munitz, this is a milestone production.
"Except for the designer, the choreographer and the conductor, everybody connected with this project is Israeli; a true achievement," she says happily, remarking, "what a long way we've come that we can muster such a long list of Israeli singers."
And it's true. When the IO debuted in 1984, and for years after that, there wasn't an Israeli principal in sight. The Child Dreams has an all-Israeli cast, including soprano Larissa Tetuev, mezzo Bracha Kol, tenor Guy Mannheim, baritone Noah Broger and bass Vladimir Braun. Veteran Levin actor Rami Baruch plays the non-singing role of The Bleeding Man.