Kip Niven, plays Holocaust survivor Gad Beck in Jake Heggie’s 'For a Look or a Touch.' The Heartland Men's Chorus stands in the background.
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Remembering the cabarets of Berlin (Kip Niven, as Gad, at left, and baritone Morgan Smith, as Manfred, at right) during a tech rehearsal.
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In Jake Heggie’s 'For a Look or a Touch,' baritone Morgan Smith plays Manfred Lewin, and actor Kip Niven plays Gad Beck. Manfred and Gad were lovers as teenagers in Berlin until Manfred and his family were arrested.
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Actor Kip Niven, as Gad Beck. 'For a Look or a Touch' is based on Beck's diaries.
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Baritone Morgan Smith and stage director Brian Clay Luedloff review the score.
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Stage director Brian Clay Luedloff and Artistic Director Joe Nadeau discuss riser placement for the chorus at a rehearsal.
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Stage director Brian Clay Luedloff and baritone Morgan Smith relax during a break.
In the 1920's and into the early 1930's, there was a thriving gay culture in Europe, especially in Berlin. But, with the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, that all changed.
