Ester Kopel is a soprano based in Rome. She is versatile soprano that performed with strong stage presence. She studies under the guidance of Ugo Tarquini. In July 2024 Ester will debut as Donna Elvira in the opera “Don Giovanni” at the Teatro di Belluno. In May 2024, she won the Mattia Battistini International Competition in Rieti and was a finalist in the Jole de Maria International Singing Competition.

Last summer, she performed the role of Nedda in the opera
“I Pagliacci” at the Taranto Opera Festival (concert version), conducted by Maestro Simone Marziali.  Before moving to Rome, Ester was a soloist with the National Opera of Jerusalem and is currently a member of the ensemble of the Jerusalem Opera. She is set to perform the roles of Elettra in “Idomeneo” and Tatyana in “Eugene Onegin.” Ester Kopel has collaborated with numerous orchestras and participated in festivals across Europe and Israel, working with renowned ensembles such as the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, and the Beer Sheva Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of conductors like Davide Boldrini, Sergio Alapont, Nir Kabaretti, Alan Christof, Shu Zong, and others. Her recent engagements were include 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 has received the First Prize from the Buchman-Heyman Foundation, was a semifinalist at the prestigious Renata Tebaldi Competition, and reached the semifinals of the Ada Sari Competition in Poland. She has participated in various international masterclasses and attended the IVAI (International Vocal Art Institute) with John Norris and David Aronson. 

She studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, Israel. Ester speaks fluently: English, Italian, Russian, German (A2), Hebrew.