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3 unusual facts about The Dybbuk


David Beigelman

He wrote the music for Julius Adler's operettas Dos Skoytn-meydl and Di mume Gnendil and Yankev Vaksman (1866-1942)'s 's Di Sheyne Berta, all of which were staged in Łódź, and arranged the music for S. Ansky's The Dybbuk.

The Dybbuk

Lodovico Rocca also adapted the play into an opera, Il Dibuk.

Yevgeny Vakhtangov

Another famous production directed by Vakhtangov in the same year was S. Ansky's "The Dybbuk" with the Habimah theater troupe.


Joseph Rosenstock

In 1951 he notably conducted the world premieres of David Tamkin's The Dybbuk.


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Avishay Hadari

During the 16th Jewish Culture Festival in July 2006, Hadari staged The Dybbuk as a dramatic séance at the Izaak Synagogue in Kazimierz, Cracow.

Leon Liebgold

Aside from working in his youth as a vaudeville performer and actor on stages in Poland, Liebgold gained fame by acting in several Yiddish language films including Yidl Mitn Fidl and The Dybbuk.