The Sorceress: Victorian Light Opera, Tearjerker, and Fairytale, All in Yiddish, All Wonderful...
On the surface, “The Sorceress” is a delightful musical fantasy and tuneful escape from reality. Scratch a little deeper, and the timeless story of true love between boy and girl and father and child is beset by the Jewish tragedies of untimely death, cruel stepmothers, wicked and all-too-frequent governmental apprehensions, and the unspeakable horror of human trafficking.
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