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The plot of La Juive (The Jewish Woman), an opera in five acts, centered around a romance between a Jewish woman and a Christian man. It was one of the most popular operas of the nineteenth century.
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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
1835
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Lights up on Judith.The rest of the company have their backs to the audience. They are dressed in 1940s costumes. She is dressed in today’s casual clothes.Judith:I was in Germany and they went on…
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Julia Pascal
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1990
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These program notes were prepared for the Radical New Jewish music performances which were part of the ART PROJEKT Festival held in Munich in September of 1992.
American New Music has always been…
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John Zorn, Marc Ribot
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1992
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Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) is an opera in five acts composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer between 1827 and 1831. One of the first grand operas, it caused a sensation when it debuted at the Paris…
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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1831
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Edie:You got it. I can’t be a woman and I can’t be a Jew. And I can’t be either, because I can’t be both. So, you know what I’m gonna be? I am gonna be nothing.
Else:Oh, I see, you call all of that…
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A Traveling Jewish Theater
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1985
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Gadhi, A Paria
Maja, his Wife
Benassar, Indian Attendant
Contributor:
Michael Beer
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1823
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Bernhardi:I beg your pardon, gentlemen; a visitor whom I have to receive. Please dine—Oscar, have the kindness—
[All enter the dining-room. Bernhardi closes the door and pulls the portiere. Enter Pr…
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Arthur Schnitzler
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1912
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Gellburg:How can I go back? He made a fool of me. It’s infuriating. I tell you—I never wanted to see it this way but he goes sailing around on the ocean and meanwhile I’m foreclosing Brooklyn for them…
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Arthur Miller
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1994
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Lazăr:My friend Matei has a doctorate in law as well.
Șor:Another one. That much I understand. A doctor in medicine is feeding on the sick; a doctor in law is feeding on the quarrelsome, but what…
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Moise Ronetti-Roman
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Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
(Bucharest, Romania)
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1900
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Aaron:
It’s all a plain lie. It’s because our Jews throughout the land in the little villages are so primitive, so stupid, they can’t even read. Anyone will tell them the most absurd things and they…
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Israel Aksenfeld
Places:
Leipzig, Kingdom of Prussia
(Leipzig, Germany)
Date:
Mid-19th Century