Last tickets for The Passenger

Last tickets for The Passenger

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norman lebrecht

October 07, 2011

Following a spate of negative responses in the JC, I have posted some final thoughts on its op-ed page on what I believe to be the historical importance of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Auschwitz opera, The Passenger.

It is unfortunate that  English National Opera has scheduled several performances for the nights of Jewish holy days, depriving the work of a significant part of its natural constituency. Next time, they should check a multicultural diary.

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