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Part 4 – Bringing Everyone Together: The Zuro Opera Company

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Part 4 – Bringing Everyone Together: The Zuro Opera Company

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Apr 12, 2022

From the series: How Do You Say “Bravo” in Yiddish?: Italian Opera for the Yiddish-Speaking Masses in Early 20th-Century America

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By the time Josiah Zuro emerges on the New York opera scene in 1911, popular price Italian opera companies have a reputation in the entertainment world as risky and short-lived endeavors. Examining the trajectory of Zuro’s career, this lecture reveals how the impresario and educator finds innovative ways of attracting Italians, Jews, and Americans to attend opera performances, uniting these groups through a common love of the genre.

Part 4 of a 5-part series featuring Daniela Smolov Levy, Ph.D.

Presented by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music