David Krakauer at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall

From Shtetl to Stage: A Celebration of Yiddish Music and Culture

From Shtetl to Stage celebrates the journey of Yiddish culture from Old World to New through music, song, poetry, and drama. A company of extraordinary Yiddish talent—as well as stars of the classical, folk, and theater worlds—mix chestnuts from the Yiddish theater and folk song repertoire with Yiddish-tinged vaudeville, art song, classical music, and klezmer in a program that explores how Eastern European Jewish culture interacted with and contributed to American culture at large.

Part of: Migrations: The Making of America...

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From Shtetl to Stage: A Celebration of Yiddish Music and Culture

From Shtetl to Stage celebrates the journey of Yiddish culture from Old World to New through music, song, poetry, and drama. A company of extraordinary Yiddish talent—as well as stars of the classical, folk, and theater worlds—mix chestnuts from the Yiddish theater and folk song repertoire with Yiddish-tinged vaudeville, art song, classical music, and klezmer in a program that explores how Eastern European Jewish culture interacted with and contributed to American culture at large.

Part of: Migrations: The Making of America

Performers
Seth Rogovoy, Producer
Eleanor Reissa, Creator, Director, and Vocalist
Gil Shaham, Violin
David Krakauer, Clarinet
Evgeny Kissin, Piano
Joanne Borts, Vocalist
Mike Burstyn, Vocalist
Avi Hoffman, Vocalist
Elmore James, Vocalist
Daniel Kahn, Vocalist
Lorin Sklamberg, Vocalist
Paula Vogel, Speaker
Zalmen Mlotek, Piano
Frank London, Music Director
Boris Sandler and Lyudmila Sholokhova, Historical Advisers

Tickets on sale:
August 6 at 8 AM for subscribers and members
August 20 at 8 AM for the general public

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