Shlomo Weingold
(Spiridian Voyka)
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Born on 9 August 1889
in Iasi, Romania, to Christian parents (his mother
-- an Italian woman, his father
-- a Romanian). At six months his father died, and
when he was nine years old -- his mother. Not being
able to move over to the treatment(?) of his other
family members, W. left from his home. After school
he sang in a chorus, and W. now became taken in by
the Romanian operetta of Nico Poienaru.
Two years later, he
returned to Iasi, where his family created for him
the possibility of learning in a gymnasium and took
lessons in a conservatory. At the age of fifteen, W.
became engaged in the Romanian opera- and operetta
troupe of Grigoria, but after several months the
troupe disbanded and W. entered into a circus of
Trutsi as an acrobat, and as a Romanian-Italian
interpreter, and several months later in a Romanian
revue theatre in Galatz, in which his partner, a
Jew, introduced him to the Yiddish language. |
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In 1907 W. left
the revue theatre and was forced to enter into
work in a Jewish bakery. Here he had the
opportunity to learn several Yiddish songs, and
in 1908 entered into a Yiddish variety, which
directed to completion ibereys with his
family. Hearing more of the Yiddish language, W.
entered in Iasi into the Yiddish operetta
theatre, where he performed as a singer-lover
with most liturgical music, such as "Gavriel" in
"Khinke-pinke" "Bartelo" in "Kol Nidre",
"Moritz" in "Isaac the Butcher", etc.
1911 -- W.
traveled to Austria, acted in Galicia and
Bukovina in various Yiddish troupes, then in a
German variety, later in the Yiddish operetta
troupe in Vienna (Augartenstrase), and in the
"Vienna yidisher bine", where he remained until
1917. IN 1918 -- he was engaged to Krakow as a
regisseur and actor in this Yiddish operetta
theatre, and from there went on a tour across
Bukovina. Since 1921 W. has acted in the troupes
of Poland.
1914 -- W. was in
Vienna, going over to the Yiddish faith, taking
on the name Shlomo ben Avraham.
Sh. E. |
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