Dear Erich
New York City Opera, New Jazz Opera
directed by Mikhaela Mahony
conducted by Adam Glaser
costume design Janet O'Neill
costume assistant Sera Bourgeau
scenic design John Farrell
wig design Georgi Eberhard
Mandatory Photo Credit, Professional website: Photo © Sarah Shatz
Performance Location
National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York
January 9th - 13th 2019
Concept
The discovery of over 200 letters written in Germany between 1938 and 1941 by his grandmother, Herta Rosenthal, to his father, Erich, a Jewish scholar who escaped to the United States, inspired Ted Rosenthal to create Dear Erich. This jazz opera tells the heartbreaking story of a family's dual fates: a son's journey and a new life in the New World, and the cruel demise of his family at the hands of the Nazis which he was powerless to stop.