Real Madrid Theatre presents children’s opera “Brundibar” – Notimex (subscription)

Madrid, 4 Apr (Notimex) .- The Teatro Real in Madrid presented the staging of the children’s opera “Brundibar” (Bumblebee) Czech libretto by Hans Krasa and Adolf Hoffmeister, and served to encourage children in the

concentration camp Terezín. at a press conference responsible for the Teatro Real and directors mount presented the opera, which was attended by the survivor of Terezin and who sang it in 1943, Dagmar Lieblová, who recalled how were those days.

“This opera meant a lot for children in the concentration camp. For us it was a story of normal life, things like going to school or buy an ice cream, something we saw was a thing of the past, and history children come together to fight evil, “he said.

he said that she acted in the choir that accompanies the music and performances and what was left of all this is to have survived, since most of those who lived there, as Krasa himself, were taken to Auschwitz.

“in almost all representations of Brundibar I finished crying, seeing her again is something that excites me a lot,” said Holocaust survivor.

the artistic director of the Royal Theater, Joan Matabosh, explained that functions (there will be six to schools and other six open between 4 and 24 April) allow us to know what happened, but also the staging is adapted to the contemporary world.

on this, stage director Susana Gomez explained that this is to understand the history, and therefore the evil character is not an accordionist square as in the original story, but a television that incites consumerism.

the musical director, French Jordi, said the score that follows is that Krasa composed of memory when he was interned in Terezín (60 km from Prague) since the persecution of the Jews prevented him from working with the original.

the staging features soloists and the chorus of the Youth Orchestra of the Community of Madrid.

“Brundibar” was written by Krasa in 1938 for a competition in his country, but anti-Semitic agitation forced him to release it in secret in 1941 in a Jewish orphanage, and rewrote for children in Terezín with instruments that had there.