Karel Berman

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Karel Berman (b. 14 April 1919 in Jindřichův Hradec; d. 11 August 1995 in Prague) was a Jewish Czech opera singer and composer.

[edit] Life

Karel Berman was deported to Theresienstadt in March 1943. There, he took part in cultural life as a singer, composer and director. On 11 July 1944, for example, he and Rafael Schächter produced the "Four songs to words of Chinese poetry" by Pavel Haas for the first time. He survived this time in the camp and later became famous as an opera singer.

[edit] Works

• 1944 Poupata ("Buds") Bass-baritone songs and piano
  • Majové ráno (Eva Nonfriedová)
  • Co se děje při probuzení (Kamil Bednář)
  • Děti si hrají (Josef Hora)
  • Před usnutím č. 1 (František Halas)
  • Velikonoční (František Halas)

• 1938 - 1945 Reminiscences Suite Piano (first published in 2000)
• Terezín Suite Piano
• Broučci ("Glow-worms" - after the popular contemporary children's book by Jan Karafiát) Soprano and piano (later made world-famous by Jiří Trnka as a cartoon)

Parts of this article were translated from de:Karel Berman of July 13, 2005