Enas Massalha

Enas Massalha was born in 1979 in Daburiyya

Enas Massalha was born in 1979 in the village of Daburiyya in the Lower Galilee. Her parents grew up in poor families and invested in their children's education. She began piano lessons at age 5 and studied at the music school in Kibbutz Mizra.

She studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where she sang Marenka in The Bartered Bride. She won a scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and joined the Israeli Opera's young artists studio. She also studied in New York for several years.

Conductor Daniel Barenboim heard her in Ramallah and invited her to sing with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at its 75th anniversary concert. He then offered her a place at the Berlin State Opera studio, where she sang Papagena in The Magic Flute. She later sang roles at La Scala in Milan and in operas by Richard Strauss.

After a short career in Europe and New York, she returned to perform in Israel and the Palestinian Authority, including for Arab audiences. She lives in London. She teaches voice to children at the Mizra music school and has led a master class for Jewish and Palestinian children in Acre.