{"id":76378,"date":"2026-10-19T14:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/?p=76378"},"modified":"2026-10-19T14:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:25:14","slug":"mehr-als-nur-ein-faksimile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/en\/rezensionen\/2026\/10\/mehr-als-nur-ein-faksimile","title":{"rendered":"An opera created under the worst possible circumstances"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_76546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76546\" style=\"width: 1333px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01-233x175.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01-920x690.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terezin_-_Theresienstadt_-_Former_Jewish_Ghetto_01-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The former Jewish ghetto in Theresienstadt, where Viktor Ullmann composed *The Emperor of Atlantis*. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Viktor Ullmann was taken to Theresienstadt on September 8, 1942. There, together with Hans Kr\u00e1sa, Gideon Klein, and Rafael Sch\u00e4chter, he took over the musical direction of the so-called \u00ableisure activities\u00bb in the ghetto. It was there that he composed his opera <em>The Emperor of Atlantis<\/em>. In October 1944, Ullmann was deported to Auschwitz on one of the last transports and murdered.<\/p>\n<p>It took a long time for the facsimile to be published <em>Emperor of Atlantis<\/em> published by B\u00e4renreiter\u2014it was worth the wait. This large-format volume, nearly 300 pages long, contains more than just a facsimile of the score. It also includes the various versions of the libretto: the handwritten version by Peter Kien and his typescript, which was written on the back of discarded deportation records of Jewish people from Theresienstadt. These are harrowing testimonies to cruelty.<\/p>\n<h3>Massacres, Deportation, and Death<\/h3>\n<p>The editor, Heidy Zimmermann\u2014a research associate at the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel, where part of Ullmann\u2019s estate is held on deposit by the Goetheanum in Dornach\u2014has thus produced a valuable and important work. The chamber opera, which lasts about an hour, is now regularly performed on stages both large and small. However, the complex historical context of the work\u2014which was so important to its creators\u2014fades with the passage of time.<\/p>\n<p>Here, Zimmermann unsparingly reveals the reality of the work\u2019s creation: the paper shortage in the ghetto, which constantly forced the creative prisoners to seek workarounds; the constant decimation of the participants through deportation and death, which ultimately also prevented the premiere from taking place in the camp; the seriousness with which Kien, Ullmann, and the performers engaged with the work\u2014as evidenced, for example, by the existence of several versions of the opera\u2019s title. A facsimile of Karel Bermann\u2019s role book as \u00abDeath\u00bb is also included. In addition, there are special, previously unknown treasures to discover: two original set designs by Franti\u0161ek Zelenka, a wash drawing by Peter Kien of a rehearsal, and an illuminating cartoon based on the libretto, also by Peter Kien. The volume is rounded out by five scholarly essays, a bibliography, and a synopsis of the text versions. This facsimile volume is the perfect introduction and an important scholarly foundation for anyone wishing to explore the work\u2014for example, in preparation for a newly planned production.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-76376 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/363937_354898-1-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/363937_354898-1-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/363937_354898-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/363937_354898-1-134x175.jpg 134w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/363937_354898-1-268x350.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/363937_354898-1-300x392.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/363937_354898-1.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis, or The Refusal of Death, Facsimile of the Source Materials, edited by Heidy Zimmermann, 295 pp., \u20ac199.00, B\u00e4renreiter, Kassel 2025, ISBN 978-3-7618-2350-7<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viktor Ullmann\u2019s opera *The Emperor of Atlantis* was composed in the Theresienstadt ghetto camp. 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