F E A T U R E D   R E V I E W S

The Eternal Stranger, World premiere

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Omer meir Wellber

February 2020

Leipziger Volkszeitung

... the message: Not only a great experience of loneliness for the composer, but at the same time an appeal for humanity towards strangers and refugees... The work and biography of Ella Milch-Sheriff, daughter of two Holocaust survivors, inseparably intertwine;

The Eternal Stranger, American premiere

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Omer meir Wellber

The Boston Globe/January 6, 2023

Jeremy Eichler

 "...Compellingly conceived..." 

Classical Scene/ Julian Gau January 7, 2023

"...vibrant, moving drama of The Eternal Stranger…Let us continue to enjoy the imaginative new horizons of Milch-Sheriff..." 

The Eternal Stranger, Switzerland premiere

Tonhalle Orchester Zuerich, Omer Meir Wellber

Neue Zuercher Zeitung, January 14, 2023

"...Inspired by a dream of Beethoven...the Israeli composer deals with the uprooting of expellees and refugees in this touching piece..."

Oper Aktuel,  Kaspar Sannemann |  12.01.2023 

"… music that is immensely sensitive and beautiful and makes you curious about other works by this composer...With great compositional artistry, Ella Milch-Sheriff has managed to embed the text in the music… one listens admiringly to the intensive expressiveness of the score... 

…for over 50 years, I can hardly remember ever being so moved as I was last night in the Tonhalle Zurich."

The eternal Stranger, UK premiere 

BBC Philharmonic, Wellber, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review by Robert BealeTuesday, 8 March 2022

"...something extraordinarily powerful and moving...

If that didn’t stir emotions enough, the UK premiere of The Eternal Stranger and the Beethoven pieces was certain to do so..."

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The eternal Stranger, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Hamburger Abendblatt, December 2021

"...oriental grace and a very poetic text (spoken and embodied by Eli Danker) take you on a thoughtful journey..."

"The eternal stranger"/Italian premiere

Teatro Massimo, Palermo, 4-5 July 2020

"...The eternal stranger of (directed by) Wellber is enchanting.
A hymn to the human mercy on stage..."

"The eternal stranger"/Israeli premiere

Israel Philharmonic,  Omer meir Wellber

April 2022

The Banality of Love" – Opera by Ella Milch-Sheriff

Libretto: Savyon Liebrecht. Stage Director: Itay Tiran

World premiere: 27 January 2018, Regensburg, Germany

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 1 February, 2018, Achim Heidenreich

"...Ella Milch-Sheriff has created with virtuosity, a merciless opera...

...an uplifting and disturbing journey, often ironic, about the rift in German-Jewish relations.

...It is a virtuoso operatic evening that raises questions that are not easy to answer."

Sueddeutsche Zeitung, 28 January, 2018, Eva-Elisabeth Fischer

Ella Milch-Sheriff's superb opera about the relationship between Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger is premiered in Regensburg with great success... A Herculean undertaking which wins a grandiose success..."

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