In this book talk, theatre scholar Ruthie Abeliovich of The University of Haifa discusses her new book Possessed Voices: Aural Remains form Modernist Hebrew Theater where she'll share her insights gained through her unique approach using 1920s audio recordings to investigate various plays, such as the Eternal Jew and The Dybbuk.
Respondents include:
Peter Kazaras, Director of Opera UCLA, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Mark Slobin, Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Emeritus, Wesleyan University
This event is made possible by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the UCLA Mickey Katz Endowed Chair in Jewish Music, the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, and the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.