Location
New World Center
Michael Tilson Thomas Performance Hall
500 17th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Performance Date
Saturday, October 19, 2024, 7:30pm
Sunday, October 20, 2024, 2:00pm
On October 19 & 20, 2024, Yuval Sharon and Alexander Gedeon co-direct Victor Ullmann’s The Kaiser of Atlantis, with a libretto by Peter Kien, at the New World Symphony. Joining Sharon will be conductor and New World Symphony Artistic Director Stéphane Denève and the New World Symphony Fellows, soprano Danielle De Niese, making her New World Symphony debut, dancers and more. Ullmann and Kien collaborated on The Kaiser of Atlantis while interned in the Nazi concentration camp of Theresienstadt (Terezín) during World War II. The work survived, though both Ullmann and Kien perished in Auschwitz. Ullmann's composition reflects on the consequences of unchecked power and the human spirit's resilience in the face of oppression.
Creative Team
Co-Directors: Yuval Sharon and Alexander Gedeon
Conductor: Stéphane Denève
Composer: Viktor Ullmann
Set Designer: Sibyl Wickersheimer
Associate Set Designer & Puppet Designer: Yuri Okohana-Benson
Video Designer: Jason Thompson
Lighting Designer: Yuki Link
Costume Designer: Wilberth Gonzalez