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Rumpelstiltskin (1965 Musical)
Rumpelstiltskin (, "my-advisor-my-midget") is a Hebrew language-musical based on the Brother's Grimm Fairytale of the same name, written by Avraham Shlonsky. Shlonsky's rendition casts the story in a humoristic light, rather than the grim tone of the original. All monologues and dialogues are spoken in rhyme, and incorporate sophisticated wordplay using the Hebrew language at a high level alongside many inverted allusions to Jewish tradition, including one to the taboo over uttering the Tetragrammaton. Most notable of these allusions are those to the holiday of Purim and its connected piyutim, and to the bases of Hebrew grammar and pronunciation. Casts History ''Rumpelstiltskin'' was first performed in the Cameri Theater in 1965, directed by Yossi Yizraeli, who adapted Shlonsky's original script of a non-musical play into a libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dov Seltzer
Dov (Dubi) Seltzer ( he, דב (דובי) זלצר; born 26 January 1932) is a Romanian-born Israeli composer and conductor. Biography Dov (Dubi) Seltzer began studying music at an early age. He studied theory and harmony with professors Alfred Mendelssohn and Mihail Jora. When Seltzer immigrated to Israel at age 15, a musical comedy he had previously written continued to be played for two more years, performed by one of Bucharest's professional youth theaters. Seltzer finished his high school studies in Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek in Israel. At the recommendation of his teacher, the pianist Frank Pelleg, Seltzer was awarded a scholarship to continue his musical studies at the Conservatories in Haifa and later on in Tel Aviv. At 18 he joined the Israel Defense Forces and was among the founders, and the first official composer, of the Nachal Musical Theater Group (Lehakat Hanachal). The songs he wrote for the Nachal group, and the hundreds he wrote later on, are considered corn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ido Mosseri
Ido Mosseri ( he, עידו מוסרי; born April 17, 1978) is an Israeli actor, voice actor, musician, director and television presenter. Biography Early life Mosseri was born in Tel Aviv, to a Jewish family. In addition to being a child actor, he was educated at Arison Campus. He later studied at Thelma Yellin High School of Arts. He was drafted into the Israeli army at the age of 18 and after his army service, he continued to study acting at Nissan Nativ's studio in Tel Aviv. Film and television Mosseri’s first appearance on television was in the children's program ''Tofsim Rosh'' in 1987. He participated in several other Israeli television shows, amongst them were ''Service Not Included'' and '' A Matter of Time''. Between 2006 and 2007, he participated in the third and fourth seasons of the Israeli daily comedy musical drama ''Our Song''. He also received guest roles in the television shows '' The Pyjamas'', ''Polishuk'', '' The Arbitrator'' and '' Naor's Friends''. As of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libretto
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as the Mass (liturgy), Mass, requiem and sacred cantata, or the story line of a ballet. ''Libretto'' (; plural ''libretti'' ), from Italian, is the diminutive of the word ''wiktionary:libro#Italian, libro'' ("book"). Sometimes other-language equivalents are used for libretti in that language, ''livret'' for French works, ''Textbuch'' for German and ''libreto'' for Spanish. A libretto is distinct from a synopsis or scenario of the plot, in that the libretto contains all the words and stage directions, while a synopsis summarizes the plot. Some ballet historians also use the word ''libretto'' to refer to the 15 to 40 page books which were on sale to 19th century ballet audiences in Paris and contained a ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Republic, Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameri Theater
The Cameri Theater ( he, התיאטרון הקאמרי, ''HaTeatron HaKameri''), established in 1944 in Tel Aviv, is one of the leading theaters in Israel, and is housed at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center. History The Cameri theater was founded with the purpose of promoting local theater, in contrast to Habima Theater, which had roots in Russian theater. The Cameri presented works about the daily life of persons in the fledgling state of Israel. Cameri is the theater where the Israeli nationalist play '' He Walked Through the Fields'' premiered just two weeks after the state of Israel was formally established in May 1948. ''He Walked Through the Fields'', written by Moshe Shamir, was later adapted to film starring Moshe Dayan's youngest son Assi Dayan. The Cameri, Tel Aviv's municipal theater, stages up to ten new productions a year, in addition to its repertoire from previous years. The theater has 34,000 subscribers and attracts 900,000 spectators annually. In 2003, the Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simcha Barbiro
Simcha Barbiro ( he, שמחה ברבירו; born 27 April 1967) is an Israeli actor. Biography Barbiro graduated from Beit Zvi Actors School of Performing Arts in 1991. He is known for his voice-over work in animated TV shows and feature films. Some of his prominent work includes the Hebrew dubs for Stitch and Dr. Hamsterviel in ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and its ''Stitch!, anime television adaptation'', Mort from the ''Madagascar (franchise), Madagascar'' series, Harvey Bullock (comics), Harvey Bullock from ''Batman: The Animated Series'', Krillin and Frieza from ''Dragon Ball'' ("Z" and "GT"). Following the death of Yoni Chen in 1995, Barbiro replaced him in Looney Tunes feature film, ''Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales'' as Elmer Fudd (until the first DVD edition dub) and Sylvester (Looney Tunes), Sylvester (until ''The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries''). Both roles were passed on to Ami Mandelman. Following Giora Kenneth's retirement from voice work in 2007, due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Gorenstein
Eli Gorenstein ( he, אלי גורנשטיין; born August 31, 1952) is an Israeli actor, voice actor, director, singer and cellist. Biography Gorenstein was born in Tel Aviv and was raised in Ramat Gan during his childhood. His maternal grandfather was philosopher Felix Weltsch. He went to New York City to study theatre and music and he holds a master's degree at Tel Aviv University. He began his career sometime during the 1960s and as a theatre actor, he made frequent on-stage collaborations with Zachi Noy. He performed at many theatres across Israel such as the Habima Theatre and the Haifa Theatre. Gorenstein often starred in theatre adaptions of Shakespeare plays as well as the musical theatre. Gorenstein appeared as a guest on children's shows such as ''Rechov Sumsum'' (the Israeli production of ''Sesame Street''), ''Parpar Nechmad'' and '' Hachaverim shel Barney'' (the Israeli production of ''Barney & Friends''). He also made appearances in movies, most notably the 2007 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igal Naor
Igal Naor ( he, יגאל נאור; born ) is an Israeli actor, sometimes credited as Yigal Naor. Naor was born in Givatayim, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish parents from Iraq. He has appeared in the American films ''Munich'', ''Green Zone'' and '' Rendition''. Naor portrayed Saddam Hussein in the four-episode ''House of Saddam'' television docudrama from BBC and HBO (2008), in an acclaimed performance. In Season 5, Episode 4 of ''Homeland'', he portrays General Youssef, a high-ranking Syrian military officer whom the CIA wants to install in place of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. He also appeared in the Netflix series, Fauda. Selected filmography * ''Deadline'' (1987) - Antoine * ''The Seventh Coin'' (1993) - Grocer * ''The Mummy Lives'' (1993) - Egyptology Official * ''Saint Clara'' (1996) - Headmaster Tissona * ''Ha-Dybbuk B'sde Hatapuchim Hakdoshim'' (1997; also known as ''Ahava Asura'') - Sender * ''Miss Entebbe'' (2003) - Avram * ''Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi'' (2003) - Headma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itay Tiran
Itay Tiran ( he, איתי טיראן; born March 23, 1980) is an Israeli stage and screen actor, director, and a well-known pro-Palestinian advocate in Israel. As an actor, he is known for his roles in ''Forgiveness'' (2006), ''Beaufort'' (2007), '' The Debt'' (2007), ''Homeland'' (2008), ''Lebanon'' (2009), '' The Promise'' (2011), ' (2012), ''Die Lebenden'' (2012), '' Lauf, Junge, lauf'' (2013) and ''Demon''. Early life Tiran was born and raised in Petah Tikva, Israel, to an Ashkenazi Jewish family. His father Raffi is a graphics designer who emigrated from Hungary and his mother Monica is an accountant who emigrated to Israel from Sweden. His maternal grandmother Deborah survived Auschwitz. Itay is one of four boys, his youngest brother Alon Tiran is an up-and-coming Theater director. Itay studied classical piano in the Petah Tikva Municipal conservatory and later majored in music at Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts. He was exempted from conscription into the Israel Defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avraham Shlonsky
Avraham Shlonsky (March 6, 1900 – May 18, 1973; he, אברהם שלונסקי; russian: Авраам Шлёнский) was a significant and dynamic Israeli poet and editor born in the Russian Empire. He was influential in the development of modern Hebrew and its literature in Israel through his many acclaimed translations of literary classics, particularly from Russian, as well as his own original Hebrew children's classics. Known for his humor, Shlonsky earned the nickname "Lashonsky" from the wisecrackers of his generation (''lashon'' means "tongue", i.e., "language") for his unusually clever and astute innovations in the newly evolving Hebrew language. Biography Avraham Shlonsky was born into a Hasidic family in Kryukovo (Poltava '' guberniya'', now a part of Kremenchuk, Ukraine). His father, Tuvia, was a Chabad Hasid, and his mother, Tzippora, was a Russian revolutionary. When she was pregnant with her sixth child, she hid illegal posters on her body. Five-year-old Avrah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piyyut
A ''piyyut'' or ''piyut'' (plural piyyutim or piyutim, he, פִּיּוּטִים / פיוטים, פִּיּוּט / פיוט ; from Greek ποιητής ''poiētḗs'' "poet") is a Jewish liturgical poem, usually designated to be sung, chanted, or recited during Jewish services, religious services. ''Piyyutim'' have been written since Temple in Jerusalem, Temple times. Most ''piyyutim'' are in Hebrew language, Hebrew or Aramaic language, Aramaic, and most follow some poetic scheme, such as an acrostic following the order of the Hebrew alphabet or spelling out the name of the author. Many ''piyyutim'' are familiar to regular attendees of synagogue services. For example, the best-known ''piyyut'' may be ''Adon Olam'' ("Master of the World"). Its poetic form consists of a repeated rhythmic pattern of short-long-long-long (the so-called hazaj meter), and it is so beloved that it is often sung at the conclusion of many synagogue services, after the ritual nightly recitation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purim
Purim (; , ; see Name below) is a Jewish holiday which commemorates the saving of the Jews, Jewish people from Haman, an official of the Achaemenid Empire who was planning to have all of Persia's Jewish subjects killed, as recounted in the Book of Esther (usually dated to the 5th century BCE). Haman was the royal vizier to Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I or Artaxerxes I; "Khshayarsha" and "Artakhsher" in Old Persian, respectively). His plans were foiled by Mordecai of the tribe of Benjamin, and Esther, Mordecai's cousin and adopted daughter who had become queen of Persia after her marriage to Ahasuerus. The day of deliverance became a day of feasting and rejoicing among the Jews. According to the Scroll of Esther, "they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor". Purim is celebrated among Jews by: *Exchanging gifts of food and drink, known as *Donating charity to the poor, known as *Eating a celebratory me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
