David Schiff: Gimpel the Fool

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, he explores David Schiff’s opera, Gimpel the Fool, based on the story by Isaac Bashevis Singer.

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The First Yiddish Opera

The first Yiddish opera, King Ahaz (Melekh Akhaz), composed in 1911 by Samuel Alman

Yiddish Humor in Opera

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: The Dybbuk

Professor Levin David Tamkin’s opera, The Dybbuk, based on the famous Yiddish play by S. An-ski