Songs written or composed
Figaro's Aria (Rosenfeld-Abelson) — פֿיגאַראָ
- Author:
- Sterbini, Caesare
- Composer:
- Rossini, Gioacchino
- Genre:
- Operatic/Parody/Humorous/Adaption
- Subject:
- Barber/Occupation/Seville/Tools/Importance
- Origin:
- A-054(a)
- Transliteration:
- A-054(a)
- Translation:
- A-054(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Largo el Factotum from "The Barber of Seville" Original Italian by Cesare Sterbini.
- Related information in folder 1083:
- Comments:
- Text of Yiddish Parody and transliteration as adapted and translated by Robert Abelson from liner notes of Album A-054(a)
Recordings
- On album:
- A-027(b) (Bruce Adler An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre -Act II-)
- Track ID:
- 26509
- Yiddish Adaptation:
- Rosenfeld, M & B. Ableson (Yid)
- Vocal:
- Adler, Bruce
- Piano:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Ikh bin der makher fun der gantser shtot,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין דער מאַכער פֿון דער גאַנצער שטאָט,
- Track comment:
- Largo el Factotum from "The Barber of Seville"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Operatic/Comic
- On album:
- N-026(a) (An Afternoon Of Yiddish Art Song)
- Track ID:
- 27760
- Piano:
- Rosenzweig, Joyce
- Vocal:
- Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
- First line:
- Ikh bin der makher fun der gantser shtot,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין דער מאַכער פֿון דער גאַנצער שטאָט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Operatic/Performance Recording/Comic
- On album:
- A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
- Track ID:
- 35856
- Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:
- Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
- First line:
- Ikh bin der makher fun der gantser shtot, itst darf ikh geyn tsu mayn gesheft,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין דער מאַכער פֿון דער גאַנצער שטאָט, איצט דאַרף איך גיין צו מײַן געשעפֿט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Humorous
- Length:
- 4:40
- On album:
- V0020 (The Yiddish King Lear (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36065
- Vocal:
- Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
- First line:
- Ikh bin der makher fun der gantser shtot, itst darf ikh geyn tsu mayn gesheft...
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין דער מאַכער פֿון דער גאַנצער שטאָט, איצט דאַרף איך גיין צו מײַן געשעפֿט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Humorous/Parody/Operatic
- On album:
- V0440 (Selected Video & DVD Clips of Klezmer, Folk and Theater Songs (Video))
- Track ID:
- 41818
- Vocal:
- Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
- First line:
- Ikh bin der makher fun der gantser shtot, itst darf ikh geyn tsu mayn gesheft...
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין דער מאַכער פֿון דער גאַנצער שטאָט, איצט דאַרף איך גיין צו מײַן געשעפֿט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Humorous/Parody/Operatic
- Length:
- 4:21
- On album:
- T-023(a) (Those Were The Days)
- Track ID:
- 5195
- Yiddish Adaption:
- Rosenfeld, M & B. Ableson (Yid)
- Conductor/Piano:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- Vocal:
- Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
- Artist:
- Golden Land Orchestra
- First line:
- Ikh bin der makher fun der gantser shtot,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין דער מאַכער פֿון דער גאַנצער שטאָט,
- Track comment:
- From "Those Were The Days"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Operatic
Figaro's Aria (Bertron) — פֿיגאַראָס אַריע (בערטראָן)
- Also known as:
- Shvigero
- Author:
- Bertron, J.
- Author:
- Bertron, J.
- Composer:
- Rossini, Gioacchino
- Composer:
- Rossini, Gioacchino
- Genre:
- Opera/Parody/Humorous/Adaptation
- Subject:
- Barber/Seville/Occupation
Recordings
- On album:
- A-022(a) (Aleph Duo A to Z in Jewish Music)
- Track ID:
- 14365
- Author:
- Bertron, J.
- Vocal:
- Albrecht, Avraham — אלבריט, אַבֿרהם
- Artist:
- Moshiakh, Ilan, music dir & cond
- First line:
- Ikh bin a shadkhn, mayn nomen iz Moyshe Kent, Ikh nem dos...
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין אַ שדכן, מײַן נאָמען איז משה קענט. איך נעם דאָס געלט…
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Parody of "Largo Al Factotum" from "Barber of Seville"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Comic
- On album:
- C-021(a) (Dave Cash Presente Ses Fantaisies Yiddish)
- Track ID:
- 14366
- Author:
- Bertron, J.
- Artist:
- Cash, Dave — קאַש, דײבֿ
- Artist:
- Boland, Didier & Orch
- First line:
- Ikh bin der shadkhn, shmulevitsh, vos yeder kent,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין דער שדכן, שמואלעװעטש, װאָס יעדער קענט,
- Track comment:
- Recorded under Le Barbier De Seville. See Figaro's Aria
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Comic
- On album:
- F-024(a) (Dudu Fisher Mamenyu — דוד פישר מאַמעניו)
- Track ID:
- 14367
- Author:
- Bertron, J.
- Vocal:
- Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
- Artist:
- Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
- First line:
- Ikh bin a shadkhn, mayn nomen iz Moyshe Kent, Ikh fardin...
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין אַ שדכן, מײַן נאָמען איז משה קענט. איך פֿאַרדין מײַן...
- Track comment:
- Parody of "Largo Al Factotum" from "Barber of Seville"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Comic
Figaro's Aria (Winogradoff)
- Also known as:
- Largo Al Factotum
- Composer:
- Rossini, Gioacchino
- Composer:
- Rossini, Gioacchino
- Genre:
- Classical/Operatic
- Subject:
- Barber/Seville
Recording
- On album:
- W-033(a) (The Art of Josef Winogradoff/ Famed Baritone of the Russian Empire)
- Track ID:
- 28317
- Vocal:
- Winogradoff, Josef
- Ensemble Conductor:
- Shilkret, Nathaniel
- Track comment:
- Recorded under Largo Al Factotum
- Language:
- Italian/Yiddish
- Style:
- Bel Canto/Concert