Margeretta Schwartz was one of the first distinguished female performers in Yiddish theater. She and her sister
AnnettaAnnetta Schwartz was one of the first distinguished female performers in Yiddish theater. She and her sister Margaretta shared prima donna duties in Abraham Goldfaden's troupe in Romania beginning in 1877. Jacob Adler described the sisters as "absolutely respectable" women with classical training...
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prima donnaOriginally used in opera companies, "prima donna" is Italian 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. The prima donna was normally, but not necessarily, a soprano...
duties in
Abraham GoldfadenAbraham Goldfaden ; was an Ukrainian-born Jewish poet, playwright...
's troupe in
RomaniaRomania is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory...
beginning in 1877.
Jacob AdlerJacob 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
OdessaOdessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .Odessa was founded by Hacı I Giray, the Khan of Crimea, in 1240...
,
UkraineUkraine 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. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
in the late 1870s, they had
ParisParis is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
dresses of a quality that had never been seen in that city.
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Margeretta Schwartz was one of the first distinguished female performers in Yiddish theater. She and her sister
AnnettaAnnetta Schwartz was one of the first distinguished female performers in Yiddish theater. She and her sister Margaretta shared prima donna duties in Abraham Goldfaden's troupe in Romania beginning in 1877. Jacob Adler described the sisters as "absolutely respectable" women with classical training...
shared
prima donnaOriginally used in opera companies, "prima donna" is Italian 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. The prima donna was normally, but not necessarily, a soprano...
duties in
Abraham GoldfadenAbraham Goldfaden ; was an Ukrainian-born Jewish poet, playwright...
's troupe in
RomaniaRomania is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory...
beginning in 1877.
Jacob AdlerJacob 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
OdessaOdessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .Odessa was founded by Hacı I Giray, the Khan of Crimea, in 1240...
,
UkraineUkraine 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. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
in the late 1870s, they had
ParisParis is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
dresses of a quality that had never been seen in that city.