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The BC Premiere of Emperor of Atlantis, directed by Peter Jorgensen, and featuring: City Opera Vancouver, Andrew Greenwood, John Minagro, Robyn Dreidger-Klassen

In 1944, at Theresienstadt, two inmates wrote an amazing chamber opera. In Febru...
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Mon. February 9th 2009 + Add to Calendar Norman Rothstein Theatre (All Ages)
8:00pm $40

Artists

City Opera Vancouver
from Vancouver BC
Andrew Greenwood
John Minagro
Robyn Dreidger-Klassen

Hard-copy tickets

Physical tickets at: Tickets Tonight, Sikora’s Classical Records, Tom Lee Music, Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

Event Description

In 1944, at Theresienstadt, two inmates wrote an amazing chamber opera. In February 2009, ‘Atlantis’ receives its BC premiere. City Opera Vancouver is honoured to co-present, with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, the British Columbia premiere of a unique and deeply moving chamber opera, The Emperor of Atlantis, by Viktor Ullmann and Petr Kien. Death, appalled by the Emperor’s bloody projects, goes on strike. The Emperor demands Death return to work. Death agrees, but on one condition… It may be the greatest opera you’ve never heard. *** While its score survived the Nazis, its creators did not. When the Nazis realized what ‘Atlantis’ was about, they shipped its entire company off to Auschwitz. Only its art remains. The opera speaks both to transfor... more...

Venue

Norman Rothstein Theatre

950 West 41st Ave. Vancouver BC

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