Fiddler On The Roof Character Name Pronunciations

Tevye tev yuh yente yen tuh golde goal duh motel mottle chava hohv uh tzeitel zai tle hodel.

Fiddler on the roof character name pronunciations.

As the narrator and main character of this story tevye is the father of five daughters an impoverished milkman a leader in his jewish community and husband to the headstrong golde he is faced with struggles to uphold the traditions of his people especially through the marriages of his daughters. I m in a production of fiddler on the roof in my city and we ve been given the script but i m having trouble figuring out how to pronounce the character names so i m trying to organize a list. Ben sayevich professor of music at the university of kansas speaks the unfamiliar terms and names from the play. As tevye s wife of twenty five years and mother of his five daughters golde.

Fiddler on the roof characters character name m f stage agesinging speaking vocal range character description shandel f 40 60 ensemble some speaking n a motel s mother and also part of the ensemble. I thought it would be a big help if there was a thread dedicated toward pronunciation of certain characters and location through out the musical fiddler on the roof here is a list of characters. Hinsdale south high school in darien performs fiddler on the roof the story about the dairyman tevye in russia and the challenges to his traditions his family life and finding husbands for his. Meier s show specific accent coaching cds for fiddler on the roof one cd per character are available from paul meier dialect services while his russian and yiddish accent instruction ebooks are also available.

Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison it is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film. Strong patriarch but gentle father of 5 daughters he has raised according to the scriptures. Tevye chava golde hodel lazar wolf perchik motel tzeital yente avram fruma sarah fyedka mendel shprintze bielke thanks for any help. Fiddler on the roof character descriptions.

Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Shprintze pronounced sprin za f 9 13 ensemble speaking b3 d5 tevye and golde s fourth daughter. He is humorous and relaxed but when pushed can show.