Boris Blacher, one of postwar Germany's most important composers, adapted for the stage the Sholom Aleichem short story about a tailor and his family who come to great fortune by winning the lottery. 1970 recording of the world premiere production stars a stunning Martha Moand GuReich. Director Gustav Rudolf Sellner leads his fine cast through the comic and self-ironic material. Heinrich Hollreiser conducts the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin with insight and musical mastery.

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