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Omar : opera in 2 acts / music by Rhiannon Giddens, Michael Abels ; libretto by Rhiannon Giddens.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library M1503.G433 O4 2023
Available
- Format:
- Conference/Event
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Giddens, Rhiannon, 1977- composer, librettist.
- Conference Name:
- Spoleto Festival U.S.A., commissioning body.
- Standardized Title:
- Omar. Vocal score
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Vocal scores with piano.
- Operas.
- Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863--Drama.
- Said, Omar ibn.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Operas.
- Art music.
- Vocal scores.
- Arrangements (Music)
- Musical settings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 vocal score (321 pages) ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Vocal score.
- Place of Publication:
- [Verona, N.J.] : Subito Music, [2023?]
- Language Note:
- English words.
- Staff notation.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Opera in two acts.
- Premiered in May 2022 at Spoleto Music Festival, Charleston, S.C.
- Commissioned by the Spoleto Festival USA, Carolina Performing Arts.
- Based on A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar Ibn Said.
- 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Music.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund of The Savoy Company.
- OCLC:
- 1373380435
- Publisher Number:
- 91180501 Subito Music
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