Maayan Harel in concert at Temple Emanu-El

Maayan Harel

Arts Emanu-El, at Temple Emanu-El Providence, presents “Maayan Harel: In Concert.” Harel, a Boston-based, up-and-coming soprano, is Arts Emanu-El’s 2014 Guest Soloist.  During her concert on Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m., Harel will sing in seven different languages.

The public is invited to hear this exciting young soprano, whose voice has been described as full, lyrical and wonderfully expressive, as she sings in Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, German, Italian, English and Czech, and performs a variety of classical, Yiddish and Jewish solo pieces.

“I love music as a universal language,” explains Harel. “When you sing in concert, you feel that special connection with everyone in the audience.” To explain the power of music to make connections, Harel recalls singing to her elderly grandmother. “I started singing to her and she moved her hand to the beat. We were making a connection that was so unique for her at that time and so special to me.”

Harel’s program at Emanu-El will offer those special connections with melodic songs by Schubert, favorite arias from popular operas, European cabaret songs and selections from the Yiddish folk tradition.

Harel’s concert is the second event in Arts Emanu-El’s 2014-1015 season of programs in Jewish art and culture. The public is invited to Arts Emanu-El’s spring 2015 series, “The Tangled Legacy: Being a Jew in France,” which includes a documentary film, a book discussion, a lecture and a major concert. See teprov.org/arts_emanu-el.

To purchase tickets, $10, for “Maayan Harel: In Concert,” Dec. 6, go to teprov.org/maayan_harel_reservation_form.