Ester Kopel is a soprano based in Rome.
In July 2024, Ester debuted in the role of Donna Elvira in the opera Don Giovanni at the Teatro di Belluno. In May 2024, Ester won the international Mattia Battistini international competition in Rieti and was a finalist in the Jole de Maria international singing competition. During the summer of 2023, she performed the role of Nedda from the opera I Pagliacci at the Taranto Opera Festival (concert version). In Italy, she studies under the guidance of Ugo Tarquini.
Before moving to Rome, Ester was previously a soloist at the Jerusalem National Opera and is currently a member of the ensemble of the Jerusalem Opera. She is preparing to interpret the roles of Elettra in Idomeneo and Tatyana in Eugene Onegin.
Ester Kopel has collaborated with numerous orchestras and has participated in festivals in Europe and Israel, working with renowned orchestras such as the Malta Philharmonic, the Moravian Philharmonic, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, and the Beer Sheva Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of conductors such as, Sergio Alapont, Nir Kabaretti, Alan Christof, Shu Zong, and others.
Among her recent engagements are a concert at the Taranto Opera Festival, the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Schwetzingen Schlosstheater in Germany, Musetta in La Bohème, Flora in Traviata, Mutter in Hansel and Gretel with the Jerusalem Opera, and Vitellia in La clemenza di Tito at the BILBAO Opera House in Spain (canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic).
Ester received the First Prize from the Buchman-Heyman Foundation, was a semifinalist at the prestigious Renata Tebaldi Competition, and reached the finals of the Ada Sari Competition in Poland. She has participated in several international masterclasses and attended the IVAI (International Vocal Art Institute) with Edda Mosser John Norris and David Aronson.
She studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, Israel.
