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New “Job” Opera at
LCCC
A new opera at Lorain County Community College will tell the
timeless story of “Job.”
The fresh and energetic opera will be performed at 7:30 p.m.,
Friday, October 19, 2012 and at 3 p.m., Sunday, October 21 at
LCCC’s Stocker Arts Center. Tickets are $15 each or $10 senior
citizens, LCCC students, staff and faculty. Group discounts are
also available.
Tickets
can be ordered online at
www.stockerartscenter.com, or by
calling the Stocker Arts Center box office at (440) 366-4040
from 12-6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets are also
available at the box office, located in the lobby of the Stocker
Arts Center.
“Job” is the work of Robert Beckstrom, dean of LCCC’s arts
and humanities division. The opera breathes new life into the
ancient text and addresses the question of why bad things happen
to good people.
In the Old Testament story of Job, God and Satan make a bet
based on the most upright and pious man, Job. Satan wagers that
if Job were to lose all his wealth and possessions that Job
would then curse God. Job loses everything, except his
unsympathetic wife, and later is covered with boils that torture
him physically. Three friends come to console him with
accusations, insisting that Job’s sinfulness is the cause of his
misfortune. Job pleads for justice and to have audience with
God. Finally, God speaks.
The opera is fully staged with cast, chorus and orchestra.
Up-and-coming baritone Mark Wanich will play the role of Job.
For more information about this and other events at LCCC’s
Stocker Arts Center, visit
www.stockerartscenter.com.
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