Christiane Eda-Pierre "The Magic Flute", and at the Palais Garnier in 1960, as "Lucia di Lammermoor". She sang there the standard lyric coloratura roles of the French and Italian repertories. She also won great acclaim in Mozart roles, especially Konstanze in "The Abduction from the Seraglio", as well as the Countess in "Le nozze di Figaro", Donna Anna and Elvira in "Don Giovanni", The Queen of the Night in "The Magic Flute". Eda-Pierre was much appreciated in French baroque opera, particularly the works of Jean-Philippe Rameau, including "Les Indes galantes", "Zoroastre", "Les Boréades" (taking part in the first modern performance in September
The Dybbuk: An opera in Yiddish The Dybbuk: An opera in Yiddish The Dybbuk: An Opera in Yiddish is an opera in three acts by American composer Solomon Epstein. The libretto was adapted by the composer from S. Ansky's 1914 play "The Dybbuk" and is apparently the world's first original Yiddish language opera. It was premiered and recorded at the Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater, Tel Aviv, and at Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba, in May 1999. The opera was staged in a 70 minute abridged version using the composer's piano-vocal score. It has not yet been produced with a full orchestra. Yiddish, spoken mainly by