The World’s Most Depressing New Opera, Now Playing In Tel Aviv

“Let’s see, now: In the first part of the opera a blood-soaked violinist dies from gunshot wounds and a child’s father is casually murdered by a self-centred, red-haired woman provocatively dressed in matching lingerie.” And there are three parts left to go. This is The Child’s Dream, which composer Gil Shohat insists is not a Holocaust story.