Margeretta Schwartz was one of the first distinguished female performers in Yiddish theater. She and her sister Annetta
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Margeretta Schwartz was one of the first distinguished female performers in Yiddish theater. She and her sister Annetta
Annetta Schwartz
Annetta Schwartz was one of the first distinguished female performers in Yiddish theater. She and her sister Margaretta Schwartz shared prima donna duties in Abraham Goldfaden's troupe in Romania beginning in 1877.... shared prima donna
Prima donna
Originally used in opera companies, "prima donna" is Italian language for "first lady". The term was used to designate the leading female singer in the opera company, the person to whom the prime roles would be given.... duties in Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden ; was an Ukraine-born Jewish poet, playwright. stage director and actor in the languages Yiddish and Hebrew, author of some 40 plays.... 's troupe in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea.... beginning in 1877. Jacob Adler
Jacob Adler
Jacob Adler may refer to:* Jacob Pavlovich Adler , Russo/Ukrainian-American actor; star of New York Yiddish theater; progenitor of show-business family... described the sisters as "absolutely respectable" women with classical training as singers. He also writes that when they performed in Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the Capital of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major port located on the shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .... , Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south.... in the late 1870s, they had Paris
Paris
Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France .... dresses of a quality that had never been seen in that city.
