The University of Redlands School of Performing Arts and Conservatory of Music, with the Inland Master Chorale, will present “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín” 8 p.m. March 16 in the University of Redlands Memorial Chapel.
“Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín” is a concert-drama created by Murry Sidlin, president of the Defiant Requiem Foundation that tells the story of Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt concentration camp (Terezín) during World War II who performed Verdi’s “Requiem” while there.
The University of Redlands performance will feature concert violinist Niv Ashkenazi playing one of the Violins of Hope, according to a news release.
The Violins of Hope is a private collection of more than 60 violins, violas and cellos that, during the Holocaust, were stolen by the Nazis, abandoned by their owners or in concentration camps. The instruments in the collection have been restored, each accompanied by the story of its previous owner.
Tickets for the March 16 performance are $15-$30, available at redlands.edu/sopa/.
