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Content warning: antisemitism, genocide, Holocaust, infanticide, murder, Nazis, sexual violence, sex work, violence, war
Still the Night tells the fictional story of two Jewish Polish cousins, both named Bryna, who have escaped fr...
Still the Night tells the fictional story of two Jewish Polish cousins, both named Bryna, who have escaped fr...
Composer: John Alcorn
Librettist: Theresa Tova
Content warning: war, the Holocaust, concentration camp
As soldiers march outside their room in Terezin, a teacher tries their best to inspire a student, despite the horrid conditions. The student is unable to escape into her imagination.
As soldiers march outside their room in Terezin, a teacher tries their best to inspire a student, despite the horrid conditions. The student is unable to escape into her imagination.
Composer: Christiaan Venter
Librettist: Sheldon Rosen
Content warning: death, war
During a war, two women talk over the phone. They panic as they watch the town elder march down the street, telegram in hand. His message always carries horrible news: the death of someone’s son. Both of the women almost unwillingly hope some other family gets the telegram. Anyone but them.
In truth, the telegra...
During a war, two women talk over the phone. They panic as they watch the town elder march down the street, telegram in hand. His message always carries horrible news: the death of someone’s son. Both of the women almost unwillingly hope some other family gets the telegram. Anyone but them.
In truth, the telegra...
Composer: Gareth Williams
Librettist: Bernard MacLaverty
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Excerpts
A teacher tries to inspire and distract a student as soldiers march outside their classroom, but the student is unable to escape into her imagination.
Two women watch and worry as the church elder walks through town with a telegram carrying news of a soldier son's death.
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