Letter to Warsaw- the stage debut of a new Jewish Opera for Yom Hashoah April 26, 2009
Norfolk, Virginia 23529
Letter to Warsaw by Thomas Pasatieri
Dates: Sunday April 26th 3:00pm and other community concerts TBA
Location: Chandler Recital Hall
Description: In honor of the Holocaust Day of Remembrance, Letter to Warsaw is the extraordinary musical setting of one woman’s intimate first-hand account of life in the grip of the Holocaust. American composer Thomas Pasatieri set six texts by poet/cabaret artist Pola Braun. Braun wrote these texts while in the Warsaw ghetto and in the Majdanek concentration camp, where she perished in 1943. Braun’s voice of witness ensures that she will not be swallowed up by the anonymity of history. Through Pastieri’s music, her words tell a story and remind us that each victim of the Holocaust was an individual.
Official Website: http://al.odu.edu/music/ensembles/opera.shtml
Added by Old Dominion Opera Theatre on January 18, 2009
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Old Dominion Opera Theatre
This is a beautiful new opera that will debuted on the stage in Norfolk VA at the Diehn Center for Fine and Performing Arts. This event is supported by the Old Dominion Opera Theatre, the ODU Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding and with a grant from the Tidewater Jewish Foundation. Seating is limited. Call the box office at 757 683 5305.