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The Lion Slave and Rodent
Our new advent ure this year will
be a new comic chamber opera written and directed by Rob
Engelhart,
The Lion, the Slave and the Rodent.
If you've never been to an opera, don't miss this
opportunity. It's in English. It's one act and is based on two Aesop fables.
The chamber opera combines two of
Aesop's fables - "Androcles and the Lion," the story of an escaped slave who
pulls a thorn from the paw of a lion and is later spared by that same lion when
they are forced to fight in the arena; and "The Lion and the Mouse," the story
of a lion who decides not to eat a mouse that wakes him up from a nap and is
later rescued from a hunter's net by that same mouse.
Told
entirely through song, the opera contains jokes and humor that can be enjoyed by
kids and adults. It also has numerous references to popular musicals, including
"West Side Story" and "The Wizard of Oz." And remember that "Even the weak and
small may be of help to those much mightier than themselves."
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