Obra: The Emperor of Atlantis (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)

Pedro Halffter se puso al frente de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife y de un elenco vocal de primer nivel en la version de concierto de Der Diktator y Der Kaiser, dos óperas de temática dictatorial compuestas por músicos judíos.

Die Deutsche Oper am Rhein inszeniert ein wichtiges Werk des in der NS-Zeit verfolgten Künstlers Viktor Ullmann.

Though straightforward in concept, Oper Köln's production of the one-act opera written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp brought the opera's profound themes to the surface in an excellently sung performance.

The gamble of Dealing with Death pays off for Holst’s Sāvitri but is less certain for Ullmann’s Emperor of Atlantis.  Opera students at RCS capture the mix of satire, surrealism and anarchy perfectly

To those unfamiliar with Victor Ullman’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, oder Die Tod-Verweigerung, the story of the work’s inception is almost as gripping as the libretto itself.