Opera Orlando’s Young Performers Bring Holocaust-era Stories to the Stage

Thirty-two young singers from across Central Florida will take the stage at Orlando Family Stage, December 12-13, for Opera Orlando s Brundibár / Vedem, a double bill featuring stories of children during the Holocaust. Brundibár tells the story of children standing up to a bullying organ grinder. The opera was performed more than 50 times by imprisoned children at the Nazi-run Theresienstadt ghetto during World War II. Vedem features poetry from a secret magazine created by teenage boys imprisoned there. The production features Opera Orlando s Youth Company, ages 8-18, alongside three professional Studio Artists, in partnership with the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida. When young people perform the work of young people who lived through the Holocaust, history stops feeling distant, said Stephen Poynor of the Holocaust Center. Performances are Saturday, December 12, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, December 13, at 2 p.m. The 90-minute show