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The Passenger

  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg's opera <em>The Passenger</em> tells the story of an Auschwitz prisoner and a Nazi guard, whose lives continue to interweave after the the war. <em> </em>
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    A Holocaust Tale Unfolds On Two Levels
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    The Houston Grand Opera is presenting the American premiere of The Passenger, an opera written nearly 50 years ago about an Auschwitz survivor who meets a former Nazi officer on a cruise ship. The opera premiered to acclaim in Europe in 2010 — but its Polish-born composer never heard it performed.