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In a new opera, Tevye’s forgotten daughter takes the spotlight

JL;DR SUMMARY Composer Alex Weiser and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann explore the lesser-known story of Tevye's daughter Sphrintse in their new opera, "Tevye's Daughters," spotlighting female narratives in a male-dominated shtetl context. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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YiddishJewish HeritageImmigrationFeminismActivismSholem AleichemTkhinesTevyeOperaSphrintse

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New York, United States
"which will have a concert performance March 19 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York"
Catskills, New York, United States
"old women in a cabin in the Catskills in 1964"

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