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Operetta in Exile

Chicago Folks

Operetta
presents

the concert Operetta in Exile: Their words, their music, their story at the

Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie

on September 8 at 2 PM. Operetta, with its penchant for

social satire and its disproportionate number of Jewish librettists, composers,

and performers, was bound to have a troubled relationship with the Third Reich.

In this haunting and poignant concert, Chicago Folks Operetta examines the

composers and librettists who were forced into exile, persecuted or perished. This

special multi-media concert will feature five singers and a chamber ensemble

performing these long forgotten works and telling their story. Only one performance September 8 at 2 PM at

the Illinois Holocaust Museum. For

tickets visit www.chicagofolksoperetta.org  or call 708.383-2742. Featuring the works of Paul Abraham, Emmerich Kálmán, Jean Gilbert,

Fritz Löhner-Beda, Fritz Grünbaum, Alfred Grünwald, Leo Ascher. Robert Stolz,

Leon Jessel, Julius Brammer, and Franz Lehár. 
Performers include Erich Buchholz, Tenor; Gerald Frantzen, Tenor;

Alison Kelly, Soprano; Chelsea Morris, Soprano; Ron Watkins, baritone; Anatoliy

Torchinskiy, Pianist and a string quintet.

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