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| Name | The Golem of Prague, introductory video |
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| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 10-05-2023 20:40:00 |
| Video Discription | An introduction to the opera "The Golem of Prague", by Paul Richards, with libretto by Sidney Homan. Film version from The University of Florida Opera Theater and Digital Worlds Institute created during the pandemic. Plot synopsis: While Rabbi Judah ben Loew, chief Rabbi of the Jewish quarter in late 16th century Prague, is at evening prayers with his family, two men sneak into the ghetto and plant the body of a deceased child near the baker’s shop in order to reinforce the myth that the Jews use the blood of children to bake their bread. The next day, while the Rabbi’s family is weaving blankets for the coming winter, his adolescent granddaughter Eve singing about weaving the man of her dreams, an angry mob comes into the ghetto, beating and dragging away the baker. Pearl, the Rabbi’s wife, pleads for him to take action, no matter the cost, to protect his people. A few days later, at one of their regular visits to talk about the latest in philosophy and science, the Rabbi pleads with Emperor Joseph II to take action to protect the Jews. When it becomes clear that the Emperor will not prove helpful, the Rabbi resolves to create a golem, a creature fashioned from clay that will serve as the protector the Jews need. With his student Jacob and son-in-law Isaac, he brings the creature to life by the banks of the Moldau, inscribing the word Truth on the golem’s forehead. The Rabbi names the golem Joseph, and he takes his place as servant and protector of the community. Eve and Joseph develop a particularly close friendship, and she teaches him to weave. When the men from the opening of the opera return to the ghetto to plant more fake evidence, Joseph catches them and is hailed as a hero by the community. Joseph resolves to continue to protect the ghetto at any cost. Sometime later, Joseph has grown huge and the community has concerns that he is getting harder to control. Eve playfully grants him his freedom, but the creature doesn’t understand how he is to make decisions. When someone starts a fire in the ghetto that burns the food and blankets that were set-aside for winter, the golem violently attacks and kills a group of Christians outside the gates of the ghetto. The Rabbi visits the Emperor, who insists that Joseph must be destroyed, and the Rabbi agrees, seeing that his creation has gotten out of control. He does so by changing the inscription on Joseph’s forehead from Truth to Death. At the end of the opera, we see Eve sneak into the attic where Joseph’s body is laying, knife in hand, poised, perhaps, to reawaken the golem. [ICuq7cZMQTc] |
| Category | Music |
| Tags | golem | the golem of Prague | contemporary opera |
