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POSTPONED: The Golem of Prague
March 28, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
*This event has been postponed.*
The University of Florida Opera Theater, directed by Anthony Offerle, will be presenting the world premiere of the opera The Golem of Prague at The Hippodrome Theater in downtown Gainesville. The 3-act, approximately 100-minute work composed by Paul Richards, with a libretto by Sidney Homan, will feature 7 soloists, chorus, and members of the Ocala Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Matthew Wardell. The production represents a collaboration between the University of Florida’s School of Music and the Hippodrome State Theatre. The corporate sponsor is the firm of Fine, Farkash, and Parlapiano.
Based on the legend of the Golem, a clay creature brought to life by Rabbi Judah ben Loew to defend the Jewish ghetto in 16th-century Prague, the work addresses a number of important contemporary issues, such as the extremes that we might go to in hopes of protecting ourselves, and the terrible costs of such protection.
Performances of this Opera will be:
March 28 at 8:00 pm
March 29 at 2:00 pm
April 3 at 8:00 pm
April 4 at 8:00 pm