The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic has announced an upcoming concert, “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín,” at 3 p.m. March 23 in the Erne Auditorium at Columbus North High School, 1400 25th St., Columbus.
Doors will open at 2 p.m. Ticket prices range from $8 to $36 and may be purchased online at thecip.org/events/march-23.
The multimedia concert-drama combines the music of Giuseppe Verdi with video testimonials and narration to tell the story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp (Terezín) who performed the celebrated “Verdi Requiem” while experiencing the depths of human degradation.
With only a smuggled score, they performed the famous oratorio 16 times, including one performance before senior SS officials from Berlin and an International Red Cross delegation.
Conductor Rafael Schächter told the choir, “We will sing to the Nazis what we cannot say to them.”
The chorus includes some Jackson County residents.