Jewish Music & Theatre Online

Discover the research and performances that formed part of the AHRC-funded project 'Performing the Jewish Archive', and browse our online database of resources.

Highlights from the archive

Person

Eleanor Hudson

Eleanor Hudson performed the world premiere of Gideon Klein's Movement for Harp in June 2016.

Music manuscript

Topol (The Poplar Tree)

Manuscript of melodrama composed by Gideon Klein in 1938, premiered in 2016 as part of Performing the Jewish Archive.

Person of the day

František Kovanic

František Kovanic wrote the lyrics to the songs in the musical Prince Bettliegend, written in the Terezín/Theresienstadt Ghetto.  

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