Krasa: Brundibar
Published:
COMPOSERS: Krása
LABELS: Christophorus
WORKS: Brundibar
PERFORMER: Soloists; Chorus & Instrumentalists of St Ursula-Gymnasiums, Freiburg/Maria Veronika Grüters
CATALOGUE NO: CHR 77318
Hans Krása was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944, but his Weill-influenced children’s opera, performed here in a recreation of the version he made for prisoners in Theresienstadt, lives on through its humour and charm. George Hall