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Film Release // Remembrance and Ritual: Reflections on Eva and the Angel of Death

EVA AND THE ANGEL OF DEATH
Thomas B. Yee, Composer
Aiden K. Feltkamp, Librettist

DIRECTED AND EDITED BY
Jacob Schnitzer

A documentary film co-directed by Jacob Schnitzer, Thomas Yee, and Farid Zarrinabadi, reveals the creative process and artistic intentions behind Density512’s world premiere performance of the Holocaust remembrance opera Eva and the Angel of Death, previously scheduled for April 2020 and postponed by the coronavirus pandemic. The documentary includes exclusive discussions with composer Thomas B. Yee, librettist Aiden K. Feltkamp, mezzo-soprano Page Stephens (Eva Mozes Kor), baritone Jawan Morris (Dr. Josef Mengele), soprano Julia Taylor (Miriam Mozes and Dorothy), and conductor Jacob Schnitzer, along with recorded excerpts from the opera and archival footage of Holocaust survivor and educator Eva Mozes Kor.

Earlier Event: March 1
DensitySOUND Launch
Later Event: April 3
West Texas A&M Symphony Orchestra