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Park Avenue armory presents The Passenger : July 10-13, 2014 : New York premiere / music Mieczyslaw Weinberg ; libretto by Alexander Medvedev ; English translation by David Pountney ; based on the novel by Zofia Posmysz ; Houston Grand Opera, Orchestra and chorus.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio ML50.V315 M42 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vaĭnberg, M. (Moiseĭ)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust survivors--Drama.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Operas--Libretto.
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Traister, Daniel (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 17, 15 pages ; 40 cm
- Other Title:
- Passenger : July 10-13, 2014 : New York premiere
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Park Avenue Armory, 2014.
- Summary:
- On an ocean liner bound to Brazil, Lisa, the wife of a German diplomat sees a fellow passenger whom she recognises as Marta, a Polish prisoner from the Auschwitz concentration camp. Lisa is shocked because she thought that Marta was dead. Because of this encounter, Lisa reveals her husband Walter that she was an SS overseer during the war. In flashbacks we are told about what happened in Auschwitz and about the "relation" between Lisa and Marta.
- Notes:
- 17 pages, black type on white has Libretto. 15 pages, white type on black has information about the production, donors, etc. The black side is upside down with respect to the white.
- Without the music.
- OCLC:
- 883942676
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