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The Golden Bride is a Yiddish-language operetta featuring music by Joseph Rumshinsky and a libretto by Louis Gilrod. Premiering in 1923 at Kessler's Second Avenue Theater in New York, it became a successful work of the Second Avenue Yiddish theater district. The narrative follows a young Russian-Jewish woman who immigrates to America, gains wealth, and returns to her hometown to seek a husband. The operetta was notably revived by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene in 2015.
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What is The Golden Bride about?
The plot centers on Goldele, who was abandoned at age four at an inn after her father left for America. The innkeeper and his wife raised her alongside their children Misha and Khanele, and she is a young woman when the operetta begins. [Milken Archive](https://www.milkenarchive.org/articles/virtual-exhibits/view/yiddish-theater-exhibit-3-rumshinsky)
Who wrote the music, lyrics, and libretto for The Golden Bride?
Joseph Rumshinsky wrote the music, and Louis Gilrod wrote lyrics for songs such as Mayn Goldele. The Milken Archive credits the book and libretto to Louis Freiman, so listings that call Gilrod the sole librettist may be simplifying the credits. [Milken Archive](https://www.milkenarchive.org/articles/virtual-exhibits/view/yiddish-theater-exhibit-3-rumshinsky)
When and where did The Golden Bride premiere?
Di Goldene Kale premiered in 1923 at Kessler's Second Avenue Theater on New York's Lower East Side. It was a three-act Yiddish operetta that became a major work of the Second Avenue theater district. [Milken Archive](https://www.milkenarchive.org/articles/virtual-exhibits/view/yiddish-theater-exhibit-3-rumshinsky)
Why was the 2015 revival of The Golden Bride important?
Musicologist Michael Ochs found parts of the score and libretto in Harvard's Loeb Music Library during the early 1990s. The Folksbiene revival in New York in 2015 returned the operetta to the stage after roughly seven decades. [The Golden Bride](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bride)
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