The Dallas Opera and Dallas Holocaust Museum Present KORNGOLD, THE LOST COMPOSER?, 2/25

The Dallas Opera and Dallas Holocaust Museum are the proud partners of what promises to be an extraordinary panel discussion on the life, the work and the legacy of exiled twentieth-century composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who went from Viennese "wunderkind" to one of the founding fathers of the "Great American Film Score," when the Nazi conquest of Europe made it impossible for him to return home.

"Korngold, the Lost Composer?" is a discussion designed to uncover the inner life and dangerous times of the former child prodigy (often compared to Mozart); the forced exodus of composers, musicians and other artists whose work was labeled "degenerate" by the Nazis, as well as those hounded and oppressed by the regime for the unpardonable "crime" of being Jewish. This enlightening discussion, slated to take place on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. in Zale Auditorium, The Aaron Family Jewish Community Center located at 7900 Northaven Rd., Dallas, TX 75230, features an all-star lineup:

· Cantor Richard Cohn, Temple Emanu-El

· Dr. Timothy Jackson, Professor of Music Theory, the University of North Texas

· Barton Weiss, Associate Professor of Film/Video, University of Texas at Arlington and Founder of "3 Stars Jewish Cinema"

· Keith Cerny, General Director and CEO of The Dallas Opera

The panel will consider the impact of the Nazi threat on classical music in both Europe and Hollywood, as well as the tremendous loss of life and talent in the Holocaust which echoes down to the present day.

Admission is just $5 per person (cash only at the door), parking is free and reservations are recommended at rsvp@dallasholocaustmuseum.org.

This one-time-only discussion is designed to prepare North Texas audiences for the Dallas Opera's upcoming production of Korngold's rarely performed 1920 masterpiece, DIE TOTE STADT ("The Dead City") opening for the first of five performances on March 21, 2014 in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

Starring Jay Hunter Morris, Ann Petersen in her American debut, and Morgan Smith, this Mikael Melbye production originally created for Royal Danish Opera is the tale of one man's dark obsession with the woman he loved and lost, a la Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. It has never before been performed in Texas.

Carefully chosen selections from the opera will be performed by baritone Morgan Smith (Starbuck in Moby-Dick) and soprano Angela Turner Wilson in one of the added highlights of this remarkable and inspiring evening.

ABOUT DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM:

The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance is committed to teaching the moral and ethical response to prejudice, hatred and indifference for the benefit of all humanity. The Museum's education programs have had a profound effect on people of all ages. In 2013, 57,000 visitors toured the Museum and many wrote, emailed or posted notes that their lives had been transformed by the experience. Through its exhibits and programs, they learn about the humiliating discrimination, deep-rooted hatred and the near annihilation of the Jewish people and the systematic enslavement of others.

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