The Russian opera singer Meer Haimovich Bernshtein (AKA Mikhail Yefimovich Medvedieff) is emblematic of the intricate web connecting a vast array of places, people, and genres in turn-of-the-century theatrical culture. This lecture focuses on Medvedieff’s foray into the New York Yiddish scene after a successful European career, examining his experimentation with different ways of appealing to Russian-Jewish audiences in not only opera but also the Yiddish theater.

Part 3 of this 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.