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Part 1 – Call Him Signor Isaac: Ivan Abramson’s Italian Grand Opera Company

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Part 1 – Call Him Signor Isaac: Ivan Abramson’s Italian Grand Opera Company

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Jan 11, 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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According to Ivan Abramson, “Italians and the Jews are all lovers of music” who “prefer opera to drama.” This lecture delves into the interconnections between the Jewish and Italian opera spheres in the early 1900s, showing how Abramson capitalizes on the cultural overlap between the two immigrant groups as simultaneously outsiders and insiders in the world of opera to promote his popular price company.

The first part 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.