Like Flesh

Like Flesh, an opera by Sivan Eldar, traces the visceral and psychological landscape of embodied existence through music and staged drama. The work interrogates the boundaries between the corporeal and the intangible, examining how the body becomes both a vessel of sensation and a site of vulnerability. Through Eldar's contemporary compositional language, the opera constructs a meditative journey into the physical self—exploring touch, presence, and the fundamental human experience of inhabiting flesh. The dramatic arc moves through moments of intimacy and isolation, tracing how bodies communicate what words cannot. Rather than conventional narrative momentum, Like Flesh unfolds as a series of visceral encounters, each deepening the audience's awareness of their own embodied condition. Eldar's score bridges lyrical expression with experimental sonority, creating an immersive soundworld that mirrors the opera's thematic preoccupations. The work challenges audiences to confront their relationship to the material reality of existence, transforming the operatic stage into a space where flesh becomes metaphor, memory, and music converge.