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Omar : opera in 2 acts / music by Rhiannon Giddens, Michael Abels ; libretto by Rhiannon Giddens

Author
Giddens, Rhiannon, 1977-
Uniform Title
Omar. Vocal score
Published
[Verona, New Jersey] : Subito Music Corporation, [2023]
Copyright Date
©2022
Edition
Vocal score.
Physical Description
1 vocal score (321 pages) ; 28 cm
Additional Creators
Abels, Michael, 1962-, Alryyes, Ala A., 1963-, Carolina Performing Arts, and Spoleto Festival U.S.A..

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Language Note
English words.
Summary
The opera Omar is derived from the autobiography of a West African Muslim scholar named Omar Ibn Said, who was abducted and sent to America, where he was enslaved in the Carolinas. His 1831 memoir, written in Arabic, leaves behind in veiled form the spiritual journey of a man who, brutalized by history, managed to hold on to the faith of his people.
Subject(s)
Genre(s)
Format of Notated Music
vocal score
Medium of Performance
piano 1 solo vocal ensemble 1 mixed chorus 1 1 2
Form of work
Operas
Art music
Note
Premiered in May 2022 at Spoleto Music Festival, Charleston, South Carolina.
Commissioned by the Spoleto Festival USA, Carolina Performing Arts.
Based on A Muslim American slave: the life of Omar Ibn Said.
Awards
2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Music.
Endowment Note
Herberta Lundegren Libraries Endowment in Music
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