The Golden Bride

The Golden Bride (Yiddish: Die Goldene Kale) is a 1923, Yiddish language musical, or operetta. It was revived in 2015 by the Folksbiene National Yiddish Theatre in New York. The production received two Drama Desk nominations, one for Best Revival of a Musical and for Best Director for Bryna Wasserman and Motl Didner. [1]

Die Goldene Kale premiered in 1923 with music by Joseph Rumshinsky, lyrics by Louis Gilrod and a book by Frieda Freiman at Kessler’s Second Avenue Theater, on New York's Lower East Side. The popular show was produced in Yiddish-speaking communities in Europe, North and South America for a quarter of a century, but forgotten after its last run in 1948.

History

In the early 1990s, musicologist Michael Ochs, discovered parts of the operetta’s score and libretto in an archive at Harvard's Loeb Music Library where he was the Richard F. French Music Librarian.[2] He translated it into English and it was displayed as part of an exhibition, then returned to storage.[3] Ochs was searching for some of the musical's missing text in the archive at the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut in New York, when the archivist, Chana Mlotek, suggested that he should speak to her son, Zalmen, Director of the Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene. Ochs and Mlotek were eventually able to assemble a "lead sheet, individual parts, a typescript of the dialogue and 13 recordings" of parts of the score, including some made by the original cast.[4] The first production of the revived musical was held in the theater of the Museum of Jewish Heritage.[4] A second run has been announced.[5][6]

Songs

Mayn Goldele, sung by the male lede, was a major Yiddish hit song in the 1920s.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Drama Desk Awards - Nominees". Drama Desk. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Schleier, Carl (8 December 2015). "A classic Yiddish operetta, revived for a new generation". JTA. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Barone, Joshua (28 August 2015). "A Yiddish Operetta, Once Lost, Will Receive Its Full First Staging in 70 Years". New York Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 Barone, Joseph (27 November 2015). "Preparing ‘The Golden Bride’ for Its Big Day". New York Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Baronne, Joseph (14 February 2016). "‘Golden Bride’ to Return for Second Engagement". New York Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Zax, Talya (16 February 2016). "A Sunny Revival for 'The Golden Bride'". The Forward. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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