FULL Eva and the Angel of Death: a Holocaust Remembrance Opera (Yee) Austin 2022
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Eva and the Angel of Death: a Holocaust Remembrance Opera
- Composer: Yee Thomas B.
- Libretto: Aiden K. Feltkamp
- Venue & Opera Company: Austin Central Library, Texas, Butler School of Music
- Recorded: April 24, 2022
- Type: Concert Semi-staged
- Singers: Page Stephens, Leah Hollingshead, Carol Brown, Rick Novak, Thomas Soto
- Conductor: Jacob Schnitzer
- Orchestra:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Density512
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
“Forgiveness is more than just letting go. It is proactive rather than passive. We become victims involuntarily, when a person or entity with power takes away our power… thus, the conscious choice to forgive provides healing, liberation, and reclamation of this lost power.” ~ Eva Mozes Kor
Scheduled in conjunction with the end of Passover, which commemorates the liberation of the Jewish people from Egypt, and Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Density512 shares the powerful story of Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor. Eva, along with her twin sister Miriam, survived Dr. Josef Mengele’s medical experiments in Auschwitz. Fifty years after her liberation, Kor returned to Auschwitz to declare her forgiveness. Eva’s story explores the long-lasting psychological impact of trauma, processes of grief, and the potential for healing through forgiveness. As Kor states in her Declaration of Amnesty at the 50-year anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation: “I hope, in some small way to send the world a message of Forgiveness, a message of Peace, a message of Hope, a message of Healing;” we hope in some small way to share her message with the world.