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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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Wed. February 11th 2009 + Add to Calendar
Norman Rothstein Theatre
8:00pm
$40
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