'Before Fiddler' celebrates the richness of klezmer music and the world of author Sholem Aleichem
"Stempenyu" is the story of an itinerant klezmer musician, a talented violinist, who seduces a woman in every town he visits. Although married, he falls in love with a married woman in one of the towns, and emotional complications ensue. Felder said he is performing "Before Fiddler" in Aleichem's voice, and that it "is very romantic, the story of his life, and something he wrote. "Originally, I set it somewhere in Kiev, but realized I could use Florence as locations in Kiev, and also in Italy. … Tomorrow, we will go to his (Aleichem's) house in Nervi, on the Italian Riviera. We'll be able t...