The BHEC is presenting a double bill on March 5, 2016, at the newly-renovated Lyric Theater. 

You may already be familiar with “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” which is based on children’s drawings and poems from Terezin Concentration Camp. Sopranos Kristin Kenning, Erin Saway Moore, and Marissa Blount will perform these moving pieces of history, with the help of actors Dana Porter and Maria Caycedo.

Jake Heggie’s “For a Look or a Touch” may be new to you. Heggie accepted a commission from Music Remembrance to create a work that could speak for the German homosexual population’s experiences. This moving piece was completed in 2007 and was based on the journal of Manfred Lewin (portrayed by Daniel Seigel), a gay Jew murdered at Auschwitz with his entire family, and the memories of his lover, Gad Beck. Dane Peterson will direct, and seasoned performer Drew Tombrello will play Gad. Lester Seigel brings together a group of Alabama Symphony musicians to bring the story to the Lyric stage.