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Petite Opera Productions Presents 'Brundibár,' Children's Opera from Terezin Concentration Camp

New generations of children are keeping alive the Holocaust-surviving opera. This month, Petite Opera Productions of Park Ridge, IL will present Brundibár, the children's fairytale opera by Hans Krása and Adolf Hoffmeister that was performed by children at the Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.