Josef and Otto Journey to Shanghai
Clip: Season 52 Episode 1 | 2m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Otto (Mathew White) and Josef (Arnold Livingston Geis) perform "Shanghai."
Otto (Mathew White) and Josef (Arnold Livingston Geis) journey to Shanghai in the opening number of this moving opera about two Jewish immigrants fleeing Germany during World War II.
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Josef and Otto Journey to Shanghai
Clip: Season 52 Episode 1 | 2m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Otto (Mathew White) and Josef (Arnold Livingston Geis) journey to Shanghai in the opening number of this moving opera about two Jewish immigrants fleeing Germany during World War II.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ Tearful goodbyes in Berlin with no time to tarry.
♪ ♪ Mama and Papa in tears and were on our own.
♪ ♪ Overnight train to Trieste with all we could carry.
♪ ♪ Anxiously boarding a shi to a place unknown.
♪ ♪ One place hasnt denied our plight.
♪ ♪ One place shines on our bleake ♪ One place answers our every prayer.
♪ ♪ Shanghai, beacon of light on a silent shore.
♪ ♪ Shanghai, out of the darkness you rise.♪ Watch over us.
♪ Shanghai, are you the home we are searching for?
♪ ♪ Shanghai, answer these desperate cries.
♪ ♪ History has taught us too wel the sorrow of leaving.
♪ ♪ Too many times in the pas we were forced to flee.
♪ ♪ Families have been torn apart and though we are grieving....♪ ♪ .... there is a city of hop gleaming on the sea.♪ ♪ Closer, now we see land in sight.♪ ♪ Closer, sailing into the light.♪ ♪ Closer, soon well be finally there.
.♪ ♪ Shanghai, beacon of light on a silent shore.
♪ ♪ Shanghai, out of the darkness you rise.
♪ Watch over us.
♪ Shanghai, are you the home we are searching for?
♪ ♪ Shanghai, answer these desperate cries.
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Émigré: A Musical Drama with the NY Phil Preview
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Enjoy this semi-staged oratorio following the story of Jewish refugees in World War II Shanghai. (30s)
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Lina (Meigui Zhang) and Josef (Arnold Livingston Geis) dream of a better future together. (1m 57s)
The Real Story Behind "Émigré"
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Discover the real story that inspired the NY Phil's opera "Émigré." (3m 7s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...