"The story of Hungary’s most infamous anti-Semitic show trial is - TopicsExpress



          

"The story of Hungary’s most infamous anti-Semitic show trial is set to hit the stage as an opera composed by the renowned Hungarian Jewish composer Ivan Fischer. Fischer, a musician and brother of the conductor and campaigner against anti-Semitism Adam Fischer, based the piece – his first opera – on the blood libel invented in 1883 against 15 Jews from the eastern village of Tiszaeszlar. The Jews were acquitted of allegedly killing a Christian girl to use her blood to make matzah — an ancient anti-Semitic trope. The Budapest Festival Orchestra is scheduled to perform the piece, titled “The Red Heifer” on Sunday at the Hungarian capital’s Millennium Theater along with five other pieces composed by Fischer."
Posted on: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:18:10 +0000

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