Fiddler On The Roof Character Name Pronunciations

Ben sayevich professor of music at the university of kansas speaks the unfamiliar terms and names from the play.

Fiddler on the roof character name pronunciations.

Shprintze pronounced sprin za f 9 13 ensemble speaking b3 d5 tevye and golde s fourth daughter. 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. He is humorous and relaxed but when pushed can show. He was interviewed by paul meier idea s founder and director.

Tevye tev yuh yente yen tuh golde goal duh motel mottle chava hohv uh tzeitel zai tle hodel. 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. As tevye s wife of twenty five years and mother of his five daughters golde. 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.

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. 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. The list i ve compiled so far is below and the ones i haven t got yet are blank. Character description songs tevye the dairyman tevye is a likeable hard working pious man who sees the positive side of life.

Fiddler on the roof character descriptions. Strong patriarch but gentle father of 5 daughters he has raised according to the scriptures. Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.