STAMFORD – On Thursday evening, March 19, the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbeine will present a performance of “From Rosenfeld to Robeson” on Tuesday evening, March 19 at Temple Beth El in Stamford. Admission to the concert is free and open to the public.

Just back from its debut at the Singer Festival in Warsaw, Poland, “From Rosenfeld to Robeson” stars Broadway and international opera star Elmore James, and Zalmen Mlotek, Folksbiene’s renowned artistic director. The show takes you on a musical journey through the repertoire of both Morris Rosenfeld, the famous Yiddish poet of the Lower East Side sweatshops, and Paul Robeson, the great African American singer, actor and civil rights activist. Together, they explore the pathos inherent in love ballads, songs of the sweatshop and slavery, melodies of spirituality, protest and hope.

According to organizers, “This new concert breathes fresh life into its interpretations of classic Yiddish songs, songs of revolutionary poets, Holocaust era partisans and Broadway favorites.”

For more information call (203) 322-6901.