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LOCATION:Brunner Theatre Center
DESCRIPTION:OperX Ensemble&nbsp\;is joined by the Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Chamber Orchestra&nbsp\;and the Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble in a performance of "Brundib¨¢r\," a children's opera by Jewish Czech composer Hans Kr¨¢sa.&nbsp\;\n\nPerformances will be November 16 at 7:30 p.m.\, and November 17 at 2 p.m. and&nbsp\;7:30 p.m.\n\n? Program\n\n"Brundib¨¢r" was written in 1938 but was not performed until 1942 when it premiered at the Vinohrady Jewish Boy¡¯s Orphanage in the Prague ghetto.&nbsp\;\n\nKr¨¢sa had already been sent to the Terez¨ªn concentration camp where he was the musical director of the Freizeitgestaltung\, a group of prisoners tasked with organizing cultural activities for the camp.&nbsp\;\n\nWhen the conductor of the original Prague production was sent to Terez¨ªn himself\, he smuggled in a piano score to "Brundib¨¢r." From this and his own memory\, Kr¨¢sa reconstructed the opera\, taking into account the performing forces available to him in the camp.&nbsp\;\n\nBeginning with a performance on July 23\, 1943\, "Brundib¨¢r" was performed 55 times in the Terez¨ªn camp over the course of the next year and a performance was central to an International Red Cross visit to the camp in June 1944\, during which the visiting delegation was deceptively shown a healthy and happy Jewish population.&nbsp\;\n\nAs the war was nearing its close\, Kr¨¢sa was taken on a transport that left Terez¨ªn on Oct. 16\, 1944\, and he was killed in a gas chamber at Auschwitz&nbsp\;two days later.\n
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SUMMARY:Opera: Songs of Survival
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