Libretto in Russian by Lilia Vinogradova after the original libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister
Director: Mstislav Pentkovsky
Conductor: Igor Tomashevsky

The Children’s Choir of St Petersburg TV and Radio
Artistic Director: Stanislav Gribkov
Conductor (Chorus Master): Igor Gribkov

Brundibár (1938), a children’s opera by Czech composer Hans Krása with a libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister, is associated with one of the most dramatic pages in the history of World War II. The opera gained international fame after the children of Theresienstadt concentration camp (camp of Terezín) performed it in 1943. The opera, calling for the victory of the good over the evil, received 55 performances in the camp and became a symbol of hope for freedom and resistance to Nazism around the world.

Contemporary productions of the opera in Europe, North America and Australia are dedicated to the memory of the children, who died in concentration camps. 

Brundibár was first performed in Russian in 2015, on the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Concert performance of the opera will take place in the framework of the project Mikhailovsky Theatre at the Hermitage and will feature the Children’s Choir of St Petersburg TV and Radio. 

Musical Director of Art Projects: Dmitri Jurowski