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- Der Kaiser von Atlantis
The Theater at St. Catherine of Sie...
Sunday, June 14 at 8:00pm - Music in Terezín
Cole Auditorium, Greenwich Library
Saturday, June 13 at 3:00pm - Children in Terezín
Temple Sholom
Thursday, June 11 at 8:15pm
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GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN classical music listings for June 3-June 16, 2009…
Greenwich Music Festival
In this free concert, sponsored by the Greenwich Arts Council with the Greenwich Library, we will explore the wide array of chamber, solo, vocal and choral music that was composed in the camp. As in the opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis, these works share a common thread of using musical references and quotations that woul...d have spoken very directly to the Terezin audience.
By incorporating religious and cultural motifs into their music, the composers of Terezin called on their fellow prisoners to recall their great heritage and to retain hope against all odds. This performance will feature mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin, pianist Joseph Smith, a trio from ICE, conductor Robert Ainsley and chorus members from local high schools.
part of Greenwich Music Festival 2009
Time:3:00PM Saturday, June 13th
Location:Cole Auditorium, Greenwich Library
Greenwich Music Festival
A special educational project of the festival, this program is devoted to the children of Terezin – the poems they wrote, the songs they sang and the lives they led. Terezin survivor Ela Weissberger will speak about her experiences growing up in the camp and performing in the Terezin children's choir.
A local inter-fait...h children's choir, directed by Cantor Asa Fradkin, will perform works written by Krasa, Ullman and Klein for the children in the camp. Mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin, who last year starred as Penelope in GMF's Return of Ulysses, will perform a cycle of songs by Lori Laitman based on poetry written by children in the camp, "I never saw another butterfly."
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DER KAISER VON ATLANTIS is a beautiful, irreverent one-act opera composed by Viktor Ullmann and librettist Petr Kien while they were living in the Terezín concentration camp. The original performances were halted when SS guards watched a rehearsal and realized the plot was a thinly veiled allegory for Hitler’s war agai...nst the Jews. Ullmann and Kien were sent to Auschwitz on October 16, 1944; they died in the camp. A single manuscript survived in the hands of Ullmann's friend.
This new production features young stars from the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Australia and La Scala and the phenomenal NY-based ensemble ICE.
Conductor: Robert Ainsley
Production: Ted Huffman
Director: Ted Huffman
Choreographer & Co-Director: Zack Winokur
Stage and Lighting: Marcus Doshi
Costumes: Paul Carey
Repetiteur: Djordje Nesic
CAST
Kaiser Overall: Keith Phares
Der Tod/Lautsprecher: Jeffrey Tucker
Harlekin: Peter Tantsits
Ein Soldat: Matt Morgan
Bubikopf: Rachelle Durkin
Der Trommler: Katherine Pracht
ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble)
Flute: Eric Lamb
Oboe: Adam Hollander
Clarinet: Joshua Rubin
Alto-Saxophone: Dave Reminick
Trumpet: Peter Evans
Banjo/Guitar: Dan Lippel
Percussion: Ian Antonio
Violin: Erik Carlson
Violin: Jen Curtis
Viola: Wendy Richman
Cello: Kivie Cahn-Lipman
Bass: Randy Zigler
Piano & Harmonium: Djordje Nesic
PRODUCTION
Production Manager: Tom Snyder
Stage Manager: John Crotty
Draper: Mieke Aangeenbrug Knight
Hair & Make-Up: Bridget Ritzinger
Wigs: Dave Bova
June 10, 12, and 14 @ 8:00pm
Time:8:00PM Sunday, June 14th
Location:The Theater at St. Catherine of Siena, Riverside
Greenwich Music Festival
2008 Production
Conductor: Robert Ainsley
Director: Ted Huffman
Lighting: Marcus Doshi
Costumes: Chloe Chapin
Ulisse: Andrew Schroeder
Penelope: Laurie Rubin
Antinoo: Matt Boehler
Anfinomo: Karim Sulayman
Pisandro: Jason Abrams
Melanto: Katherine Pracht
Telemaco: Javier Abreu
Eumete: Jason Ferrante
Ericlea: Alison Tupay
Iro: Hugo Vera
Amore: Lisa Hopkins
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