- Bat-Sheva Zeisler
Bat-Sheva Zeisler is an
Israel ivocalist ,actress , and voice teacher. She sings in thesoprano range.Zeisler graduated from the
Tel Aviv University , where she studieddrama andliterature . She then studied voice atLondon 'sGuildhall School of Music and Drama and the London College of Music.Acting
Bat-Sheva Zeisler was a member of the original cast of "You and Me and the Next War", a satirical cabaret by
Hanoch Levin with songs set to music by Alex Kagan and Beni Nagari. An updated version is performed by the original cast since 2004. The director of the play isEdna Shavit .Other productions she participated in include "Everything You Wanted to Know Often, and Didn't Dare to Ask Bach" short one act plays by Offenbach, directed by Eran Baniel, with Dani Masseng co-acting, and stage choreography by the late Ya'akov Sommer and musical directing of Yitzhak Steiner; "
The Beggar's Opera " at theBeersheba Theater, with new music by Alex Kagan and directed by Dan Ronnen; "An Upside-Down Monument" by Yossef Mundi, and directed by him at Yuval Theater; "Intimacy" directed by Tammar Lederer, at Hasimta Theater; "My Fair Lady ", "The Imaginary Patient" and "The Star of Tears". The two latter were directed by Motti Averbuch. Star of Tears was written by him and put to music as an opera by Thierie Wieder.Zeisler managed the Elharizi Theater in
Tel Aviv .inging
Zeisler has an extensive career as a soprano vocalist. Among her programs are "Songs in Red and Yellow", "Bat-Sheva and Simcha go to Broadway" with
Habimah singer-actor Simcha Barbiero and songs byEric Satie andFrancis Poulenc . In several of these programs she is accompanied by the Dutch-Israeli classical pianistBart Berman .She is one of Israel's leading voice coaches.
Personal
Bat-Sheva is married to the award winning Israeli artist
Gideon Gechtman . Their son Noam works in the advertising industry. Their other son, Yotam, was a film director and died in 1997.Discography
* 1986
Alan Jay Lerner andFrederic Loewe :My Fair Lady (flagicon|Israel Helicon)
* 2004Hanoch Levin : You, Me and the Next War (flagicon|Israel Ofir)External links
* [http://www.notesonfranzschubert.com/zeisler.htm Batsheva Zeisler at Notes on Franz Schubert]
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