Opera Orlando Presents Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín
Opera Orlando is honored to present the Orlando premiere of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín presented in partnership with Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Sings, and The Defiant Requiem Foundation as a benefit concert for the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida. This poignant and inspirational production details the incredible true story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp (Terezín) during World War II who performed Verdi’s Requiem while experiencing the horrors of the concentration camps. The moving concert-drama combines the magnificent music of Verdi’s Requiem with video testimony from survivors of the original Terezín chorus and footage from the 1944 Nazi propaganda film about Theresienstadt. With only a single score, they performed the celebrated oratorio sixteen times despite the atrocities taking place around them.
“Defiant Requiem is an inspirational story about hope and humanity, but it is also a reminder of how antisemitism can lead advanced societies down the path of hate and violence,” said Talli Dippold, CEO of the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center. “This ancient hatred is unfortunately resurgent today, around the world, and here in Central Florida. The lessons of the Holocaust are even more urgent and critical, as we need to push back against antisemitism and all prejudice in order to build a better world. We are proud to support this important program and help bring Defiant Requiem to Orlando.”
WHERE: Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
WHEN: Saturday | September 14, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: Tickets start at $49
(Sponsorship Packages including tickets also available)
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