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Born in Israel, soprano Nofar Yacobi recently made her debut with the role of Gilda (Rigoletto) at Teatro Mancinelli in Orvieto, Italy. Her recent engagements include performances at the Canadian Opera Company, Koerner Hall, Mazzoleni Hall, and the Glenn Gould Studio of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

She recorded for Disney Pictures the Hebrew version of Beauty and the Beast live action movie, and performed as a soloist with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra, the Ra’anana Symphonette Orchestra, the Israel Symphony Rishon-LeZion Orchestra, the Ferrara Conservatory Orchestra, the Revolution Orchestra, the Academy Chamber Orchestra (Toronto), the Glenn Gould New Music Ensemble, and the Royal Conservatory Orchestra. Other performances include the Eilat Chamber Music Festival, the Abu-Gosh Music Festival, the 21C New Music Festival in Toronto, and the Spazio Musica Festival in Italy. This is her second project with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. 

 

Nofar Yacobi is an alumna of the Israeli Opera Meitar Studio Program, the Calgary Opera Emerging Artist Program, and the Rebanks Family Fellowship & International Performance Residency Program at The Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. She graduated from the Buchman-Mehta School of Music at the Tel-Aviv University and received the AICF, the Buchman-Mehta and the Eli Leon scholarships, as well as the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust and the Azrieli Foundation sponsorships.