Hans Krása

PBT worked with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and other local institutions to organize events ranging from scholarly lectures to Hans Krasa's one-act children's opera "Brundibar (Bumblebee)." "It's a cornucopia, if you will, of...

In this article: Washington, D.C, Texas, and Brundibar

...the nasty Brundibar is vanquished. Just before its premiere in 1942 at the Jewish boys' orphanage in Prague, its composer, Hans Krasa, was sent to Terezint and Rudolph Freudenfeld, the conductor of the premiere performances, took the...

In this article: Terezin, Brundibar, Emmy-Award, Prague, Chicago International Film Festival, International Red Cross, and Europe

...from Bach and Lully to Mendelssohn and Charles-Marie Widor. (Noon at Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. Free) Czech composer Hans Krasa died six weeks shy of his 45th birthday in the Terezin concentration camp. His main legacy is Brundibar,...

In this article: Roy Thomson Hall, Montreal, Toronto, Brundibar, Chick Corea, and Charles-Marie Widor

...picture. But it is Sendak's set designs and costumes for the one-act children's opera "Brundibar (Bumblebee)" by Czech composer Hans Krasa that the famed illustrator and author called "my crowning achievement." "It is charming -- vintage...

In this article: Maurice Sendak, Brundibar, Chicago Opera Theater, Where the Wild Things Are, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and School Library Journal

Hans Krasa (November 30, 1899 - October 17, 1944) was a Czech composer who perished in the Holocaust. He helped to organize cultural life in Theresienstadt concentration camp. Hans Krasa was born in Prague to a Czech father who was a...

In this article: Alexander Zemlinsky, Prague, Albert Roussel, Brundibar, Berlin, Les Six, Christian Morgenstern, Pavel Haas, and Aristophanes

...21) and Los Angeles (Nov 24). Full program and tour details follow. The Berlin concert program on Oct 31 also includes Hans Krasa's Symphony for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra featuring soloist Eva Vogel. The concert is the ninth...

In this article: Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle, Deutsche Bank, Arnold Schoenberg, Chicago, Berlin, and San Francisco

...String Quartet (Nov. 1). The Touhill also is the venue for a noteworthy production by Opera Theatre of St. Louis: Czech composer Hans Krasa's "Brundibar" on Nov. 19 and 21. Written and performed by occupants of the Nazi-occupied ghetto...

In this article: St. Louis, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Chamber Chorus, St. Louis Abbey, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis

...be a poignant presentation of "Brundibar" at Terezin in the Czech Republic. "Brundibar," a short children's opera composed by Hans Krasa, an eminent Czech composer at the time, was presented by children at the Theresienstadt concentration...

In this article: Brundibar, Anchorage, Europe, World War II, Jane Austen, and Tony Kushner

...arm's length. In a prelude concert at Ozawa Hall, the Hawthorne String Quartet will play the lone string quartet by Czech composer Hans Krasa; during the performance, Berkshire artist Jim Schantz will "improvise'' a painting in response to the...

In this article: Terezin, Eliska Kleinova, Tanglewood, Gideon Klein, and E mail

...will has been adequately proportional to our will to live." The children's opera "Brundibar," by composer and inmate Hans Krasa, was performed more than 50 times in the camp, once during a much-recounted visit by the Red Cross. In...

In this article: Brundibar, Hartt School of Music, Bloomfield, Conn., World War II, Prague Conservatory, and University of Hartford