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Congratulations to Rhiannon Giddens on the world premiere of Omar, her new opera with Michael Abels, at Spoleto Festival USA last night! Performances continue there through June 12.
Future performances of Omar will be given by LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Boston Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Carolina Performing Arts.
As seen in Sunday’s New York Times: feature on Rhiannon GiddensandOmar, her new opera with Michael Abels, which gets its world premiere at Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC, this Friday. You can read it online here.
“Every person puts their imprint on tradition,” Rhiannon Giddens tells the New York Times’ Brian Seibert in a feature on Omar, the new opera she wrote with Michael Abels, ahead of its world premiere at Spoleto Festival in Charleston next week. “We can look at music and see where we have come together.” You can read the article here.
