The whiteness above, the blackness below: Tadeuz, a prisoner plays a favored waltz for the S.S. He was Marta’s fiancée. After the concert, he was beaten and sent to his death.
Continue reading →Scenes from the Houston Grand Opera presentation of “The Passenger,” music by Mieczyslaw Weinberg, in conjunction with Lincoln Center Festival, in a dress rehearsal on January 15, 2014.
Performers:
Joseph Kaiser- Walter, Liese’s husband
Michelle Breedt- LIese,
James Maddalena, Steward, elderly passenger
Cheryl Parrish, Senior overseer
Robert Pomakov, First SS Officer
Peixin Chen – Second SS officer
Kevin Ray- third SS officer
Melody Moore_Marta, Polish
Victoria Livengood_old woman prisoner
Uliana Alexyuk, – Ivette, french
Carolyn Sproule, Vlasta, Czech, prisoner
Natalya Romaniw, -Krystyna, Polish prisoner
Kathryn Day-Bronka Older prisoner
Agnieszka Rehlis, Hannah, Jewish prisoner
Kelly Kaduce- Katya Russian partisan
Morgan Smith, -Tadeusz, Marta’ Fiance,
Photo Credit: Stephanie Berger