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FULL ALL ABOUT HERZL: THE STATE OF THE JEWS (Alex Weiser) New York 2025 Gideon Dabi, Kristin Gornstein
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: All About Herzl: The State of the Jews
- Composer: Weiser Alex
- Libretto: Ben Kaplan Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center, New York City
- Recorded: January 15, 2025
- Type: Staged Opera Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
As the Jewish world roiled over Theodor Herzl’s bold declarations about Jews being a people rather than followers of a religion, the same debate over what it means to be Jewish ripped apart his marriage to Julie Naschauer Herzl, daughter of a wealthy Viennese family, who had no interest in her husband’s fantasies.
The first English opera about Herzl, State of the Jews interweaves the political turmoil of turn-of-the-twentieth-century Europe with the relatively unknown story of Theodor’s marriage.