Is the Most Famous "Jewish Opera" Jewish?
Neil W. Levin continues his exploration of Jewish opera under the auspices of his position as Anne E. Leibowitz Visiting Professor-in-Residence in Music. In this latest installment of his forthcoming book, Professor Levin explores Jacques Fromenthal Halévy’s La Juive (The Jewess).
Read previous installments:
The first Yiddish opera, King Ahaz (Melekh Akhaz), composed in 1911 by Samuel Alman
Ofer Ben-Amots's operatic adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer's story, Gan eydn fun a nar
A Jewish Opera on a Hassidic Tale
Paul Schoenfield's operatic adaptation of a Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav story, The Merchant and the Pauper
An Inexhaustible Operatic Inspiration
The famous Yiddish play by S. An-ski, The Dybbuk, as the source for many operas
David Tamkin’s opera, The Dybbuk, based on the famous Yiddish play by S. An-ski
A Yiddish Opera from Warsaw 1924
Henoch Kon’s opera Dovid un Bas Sheva, the third Yiddish opera ever written.
Moses Milner’s Di himlen brenen (The Heavens Are Ablaze), the second full-length Yiddish opera ever written.