Overview
Character Name
Grandma Tzeitel
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Mature Adult, Elderly
Role Size
Featured
Dramatic Function
Comic Relief
Relationships
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: D5
Low Note: C#4/Db4
Time & Place
1905, Anatevka, Russia
Analysis
Early 60s to late 80s. Grandma Tzeitel is a ghost figure who appears in Tevye’s dream (at least, as he conveys it to Golde) and has a wonderful solo, showering blessings over Tzeitel’s marriage, but only if she is marrying Motel the Tailor and NOT Lazar Wolf. Doubles with
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