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February 2023
The Emperor of Atlantis An Opera For Our Times (at ArcStages in Pleasantville) This opera, created by inmates Ullmann and Kien at the Nazi concentration camp of Theresienstadt (Terezín) in 1943, tells the story of a mad Emperor who launches a war onto an unseen enemy. It was originally rehearsed at Theresienstadt in March 1944, but the Nazi authorities interpreted the story as a satire on Adolf Hitler and did not allow it to be performed. On October 16,…
The Emperor of Atlantis An Opera For Our Times (at ArcStages in Pleasantville) This opera, created by inmates Ullmann and Kien at the Nazi concentration camp of Theresienstadt (Terezín) in 1943, tells the story of a mad Emperor who launches a war onto an unseen enemy. It was originally rehearsed at Theresienstadt in March 1944, but the Nazi authorities interpreted the story as a satire on Adolf Hitler and did not allow it to be performed. On October 16,…
