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The Passenger: Radical use of language [CC]

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Channel: Chicago Humanities · 2015 · Entertainment

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Lyric Opera of Chicago Director Anthony Freud explains why the opera "The Passenger" how its radical use of language helps portray the reality of Auschwitz as a "cosmopolitan hell."

This is an excerpt from "The Passenger: A Recovered Opera." Watch the full program: http://youtu.be/824u91hSL14

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This program was recorded on November 7, 2014 as part of the 25th Anniversary Chicago Humanities Festival, Journeys: http://chf.to/2014Journeys 

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