An opera that survived the holocaust; Der Kaiser von Atlantis is famous for having a particularly troubled origin. The work was originally written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, around 1943, where it was rehearsed by a chamber orchestra that had formed there. The work was banned before it could be performed, and the composer, Viktor Ullman, was deported to Auschwitz. He entrusted his manuscripts and librettos to another inmate at Theresienstadt, Dr Emil Utitz, the camp librarian. After the liberation of Theresienstadt, Utitz survived and rescued Ullman’s manuscripts. Among the
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