Rehearsal and Hanukkah celebration performance includes Jan Peerce who talks about his life and career as a cantor, operatic tenor, and a singer of Yiddish and Hebrew folk songs, and sings live various songs and ballads. He also discusses his Broadway debut in the role of Tevye in the musical "Fiddler on the roof," and his concerting tour to Moscow (1956) where he made a sensation as a musical "cultural exchange" ambassador, being the first American to sing with the famed Bolshoi Opera.
Songs performed by Peerce during the concert. Part 1. Al ha-nisim -- Sound an alarm, from oratorio Judas Maccabaeus / Handel -- Lamento di Federico, from l'Arlesiana / Francesco Cilea -- E lucevan le stelle, from Tosca / Puccini -- Vesti la giubba, from Pagliacci / Leoncavallo -- Mamma, quel vinö generoso, from Cavalleria rusticana / Pietro Mascagni -- ha-Nigun / Lazar Weiner -- Chiribim chiribom -- In heder. Part 2. A din toire mit Gott = A plea to God / Levi Isaac ben Meir of Berdichev-- Yehi ratson -- Fiddler on the roof: Tradition ; Le-ḥayim = To life ; If I were a rich man / music by Jerry Bock ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick -- English ballad Because / music by Guy d'Hardelot ; lyrics by Edward Teschemacher.
Call number
*LTC 6845
Language
English
Note
Title provided by cataloger.
Streaming files transferred from original audiocassette.
Access (note)
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Additional formats (note)
Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) in *LTC 6845.
Source (note)
Jan Peerce Estate
Language (note)
Spoken in English; sung in Yiddish, Italian, Hebrew and English.
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of: Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings, 1932-1983, *L (Special) 95-03.
Title
Jan Peerce in concert : Hanukkah celebration performance.
Production
[1976?]
Type of content
spoken word
performed music
Type of medium
audio
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Performer
Jan Peerce, singer ; with piano accompaniment.
Event
Recorded live from the concert Hebrew Academy, Long Beach, Lakewood, California [1976?]
Access
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Additional formats
Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) in *LTC 6845.
Linking entry
Forms part of: Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings, 1932-1983, *L (Special) 95-03.