Word: sholem
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...Yossele Solovey," an opera based on the novel by Sholem Aleichem "The Nightingale," tells the story of the rise and fall of a wunderkind cantor in 19th century Poland. Music composed by young-looking math Professor Noam Elkies, commonly spotted working out at the MAC. Lowell House Dining Hall, 10 Holyoke Place. 8 p.m. Tickets $25 for opening night, $10 regular and $6 for students for all remaining performances...
Elkies' and Dauber's opera Yussele Solevey, an adaptation of a book by the same name by Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, is the first original opera performed by the Lowell House opera...
Dauber said he chose to adapt Sholem Aleichem's short story Yussele Solevey to the operatic form because he knew of no Jewish operas, and he felt the story would adapt well to opera...