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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
    NPR Staff
    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.