Report from Herrnburg


Report from Herrnburg is a production performed by a youth chorus that consisted of ten songs, each with a brief introductory commentary, written by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht, and two fragments of film, given on a concert platform in the form of a report. The music for the production was composed by Paul Dessau. It was directed by Egon Monk at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in August 1951. The German Youth">Germany">German Youth chorus performed the piece as part of the World [Festival of Democratic Youth]; the production was awarded the National Prize, First Class.

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