Word: operetta
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...last production of the classic Yiddish operetta, “Shulamis,” was performed in the Warsaw ghetto in 1939. On Dec. 2, this opera will reopen for the first time since, revived and reinvigorated with original, modern themes. “Shulamis” is the crowning achievement of Avrum Goldfaden, the poet and playwright widely considered to be the father of Yiddish theater...
...Raker are attempting to bring this traditional play to life in a modern context. “What feels ‘modern’ about our interpretation of ‘Shulamis’ is simply that we’re not striving to reproduce a 19th century operetta as it was performed in the 1880s,” Caplan writes in an email. “We opted to bring ‘Shulamis’ into a 21st century theatrical framework.” Among other changes, Tsingitang, formerly a comic foil, has become Tsigitang...
...Shulamis” intends to be more than a romp in the delightfully obscure; rather, it seeks to prove that a long forgotten operetta in a dead language can be made relevant for a new audience...
...operetta, the fairy Iolanthe (Bridget Haile ’11) has been banished from fairyland for the awful crime of marrying the Lord Chancellor, a mortal. Her half-fairy son, Strephon (Aseem A. Shukla ’11), falls in love with the beautiful Phyllis (Anna Ward), the ward of the Lord Chancellor (Matthew C. Stone ’11). But the Lord Chancellor will not consent to their marriage because he, as well as many in the House of Peers—a satirical portrayal of British Parliament—are in love with Phyllis. After the fairy queen...
Most of the choreography of the play seemed aimed to enhance the comedic value of the operetta, which it accomplished successfully. Still, the opening scene, in which a few fairies repeated the same steps over and over again for an extended period of time, seemed disjointed from the rest of the play...