Israel Opera grabs chief from Israel Philharmonic
OrchestrasTali Barash Gottlieb, former Executive Director at Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation and a hugely successful fundraiser, has been named chief executive of the Israel Opera. She has been a fixture at the Israel Phil for 26 years.
At Israel Opera she replaces Zach Granit as CEO. He will stay on as artistic director.
Ms. Gottlieb gave the Haifa architect Meir Biezunski permission to go through the IPO archive in storage he certainly was not a sacholar. He then pilfered material he sold on eBay internationally. Most of the IPO material was irretrievable. Of course that entire affair was dusted under the rug, much as his court case was with the material he stole from the Hebrew University archives. Her name kept popping up in the articles at the time.
Both organizations are in very good shape. Both enjoy younger crowds -and more modern programming – than before.