Category:Brundibar (subject)

Brundibar (2006) is an opera written in 1944 by composer Hans Krása and librettist Adolf Hoffmeister to be performed by the children of the Terezin Concentration Camp.

Abstract

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Aninka [in English Annette] and Pepíček (Little Joe) are a fatherless sister and brother. Their mother is ill, and the doctor tells them she needs milk to recover. But they have no money. They decide to sing in the marketplace to raise the needed money. But the evil organ grinder Brundibár (of this figure Iván Fischer has said, "Everyone knew he represented Hitler"[5]) chases them away. However, with the help of a fearless sparrow, keen cat, and wise dog, and the children of the town, they are able to chase Brundibár away, and sing in the market square.

Editions

Published by Naxos, 2006.

Cast

The children

• Honza Treichlinger / Hanuš Josef Treichlinger (M / Czechia, 1930-1944) = Brundibár
• Pintǎ Mühlstein / Imanuel Mühlstein (M / Czechia, 1929-1944) = Pepiček
• Greta Klingsberg / Greta Hofmeister (F / Austria, 1929) = Aninka
• Zdenek Ornest / Zdeněk Ohrenstein (M / Czechia, 1929-1990) = the dog
• Ela Weissberger / Ela Stein (F / Czechia, 1930-2018) = the cat
• Maria Mühlstein (F / Czechia, 1932-1944) = Aninka, or the sparrow
• Raphael Sommer / Stephan Herz-Sommer (M / Czechia, 1937–2001) = the sparrow.

The adults

• Hans Krása (M / Czechia, 1899-1944) = composer
• František Zelenka (M / Czechia, 1904-1944) = stage director and set designer
• Camilla Rosenbaum / Kamila Rosenbaumová / Karla Ronova (F / Czechia, 1908-1988) = choreographer