Organization

Spoleto Festival USA

Cantante

Bajobarítono

Malcom MacKenzie

John Owen

Catherine Daniel

Katie Ellen

The Caller

Adam Klein

Master Taylor

Tenor

Jamez McCorkle

Omar Ibn Said

Laquita Mitchell

Julie Laquita

Master

Mezzosoprano

Cheryse McLeod Lewis

Fatima, Omar's Mother

Auctioneer

Soprano

Rebecca Jo Loeb

Little Daughter

Barítono

Michael Redding

Man to be Sold

Omar's Brother

Director(a) orquestal

John Kennedy

Director(a) de escena

Kaneza Schaal

inglés

Omar

Charleston

Estados Unidos

Sottile Theatre

Public

Válido

Singing Katie Ellen at the Spoleto Festival

Sons. Teachers. Farmers. Mothers. Of the millions of lives forever altered or lost by forced ocean crossings, how many of their stories are known? 

This world premiere opera from Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels narrates Omar Ibn Said’s 1831 autobiography, beginning long before the 37-year-old West African scholar was made to board a ship bound for Charleston, South Carolina—the site of his enslavement and sale. And though his memoir ends some 30 years before he was laid to rest, still enslaved, this record of his life and Muslim faith reveals a refusal to be defined or erased by his captors. It’s a seminal work of strength, resistance, and religious conviction—a work underscoring the indelible power of the written word.

English

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