Brundibár is a fairy tale with a happy ending, fragile and delicate like the lives of those children exterminated in Nazi concentration camps along with millions of other innocents — including its composer, Hans Krása, who died in Auschwitz in 1944.
Pierino, the Cat, the Little Bird, the Duck, the Grandfather, the Hunters, and the Wolf: each character is represented by a different musical instrument, and a narrator artfully weaves together sounds and images.
L’elisir d’amore, a masterpiece by Donizetti, is presented in a mini format for a young audience, a magic that will surely make the little spectators fall in love.
