In staging its 2019 fall double bill, Eastman Opera Theatre and director Stephen Carr had the challenging task of linking two musical theater pieces with seemingly contrasting plots and moods to create a fluid narrative. But the subtle similarities in theme are what bind “Mahagonny Songspiel” and “Der Kaiser von Atlantis” in this highly intelligent presentation.
Der Kaiser von Atlantis
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Eastman Opera Theatre presents intriguing double bill
From November 7 through 10, Eastman Opera Theatre’s Stephen Carr directs the group in a dual production of composer Kurt Weill’s pre-World War II cantata “Mahagonny Songspiel” and Viktor Ullmann’s “Der Kaiser von Atlantis” — written while the composer was a prisoner of the Nazis at the Terezín concentration camp.
