Karel Berman (14 April 1919 inJindřichův Hradec,Czechoslovakia – 11 August 1995 inPrague,Czech Republic)[1] was aJewishCzechopera singer,composer, opera director, and translator.
After extensive musical education, Karel Berman started his career as abass singer of opera inOpava.[1] In March, 1943, Berman was deported toTheresienstadt, where he took part in cultural life as a singer, composer and director.[2] On 11 July 1944, for example, he andRafael Schächter produced the"Four songs to words of Chinese poetry" byPavel Haas for the first time.[2] In 1944 he composedSuite Terezin in three movements ('Terezin', 'Horror', and 'Alone'); a work which musicologist Bret Web described as "a rarein situ tone portrait of life in a Nazi camp".[3]
Later he was also imprisoned inKaufering andAuschwitz.[2] He survived the camps and later became famous as an opera singer. In 1953, he joined thePrague National Theatre opera. Berman is also remembered as an opera director, having directed more than 70 operas.[4] He taught at thePrague Conservatory from 1961–71, and from 1964 at theAcademy of Performing Arts in Prague.[1]
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