Word: hanan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shifted uneasily, began to fear for the evening to come. First act picked up when the scene changed to the interior of a synagog. Comics were the bearded batlans who droned their prayers for a kopek or two, spent their earnings on vodka. A tragic, pale-faced figure was Hanan, Nissen's son, torn between the Talmud and the cabalistic mysticism which used to be feared by all good Jews. By prayers and fasting Hanan had hoped finally to win Sender's daughter Leah. Instead he dropped dead calling on the unholy powers as Sender appeared, rowdily announcing...
According to ancient Hebrew lore a dybbuk is the restless spirit of one who has died committing a sin. Such a spirit, it once was believed, could return to earth, take heathenish possession of an innocent mortal. In the opera last week it was the tortured Hanan who bewitched Leah. To exorcise his spell she was led before an ancient rabbi to whom Sender admitted his treachery, gladly consented to renounce half his riches. Persistent prayers were said over Leah, who dropped lifeless when Hanan's spirit left her. Finale came with their love duet, frankly lyrical, typically Italian...
...Maria Yakovleva, to the second-act climax played with sure-fire effect by the Detroit Symphony men. Conductor for the occasion was dynamic Franco Ghione, who had traveled from Italy especially for The Dybbuk, seemed to have the score completely at his finger tips. Conventional was the pale-faced Hanan, interpreted by Frederick Jagel, Brooklyn-born tenor from the Metropolitan Opera. Highest-priced singer was Rosa Raisa, whose Jewish blood helped her to look the part of Leah. Even so, her top notes were raspy, often insecure. The singer who did best by the English text was Contralto Pauline Pierce...
...agency will continue to operate as Geyer Co. in Dayton, will be Geyer-Cornell in Manhattan. Besides Frigidaire its accounts include National Cash Register, Oneida Community Ltd., Hookless Fastener (zippers), Crowell Publishing Co., Tetley's Tea, Waco Aircraft, Sapolio, Hanan shoes, Eaton Papes, Richfield Oil Co. of New York...
Entered in the Varsity foils are J. G. Hurd '34, G. M. Yatsevitch '33, R. G. Hanan '35, Isador Miller '35, and R. C. Ackerman '35; in the Varsity epee Yatsevitch, W. F. Williams '35, and E. E. Langenau '35; and in the Varsity saber, H. B. Walker '33, E. A. Ackerman '34. and J. L., Dexter...