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Omar
Composer:Rhiannon Giddens
Librettist:Rhiannon Giddens
Synopsis
Omar Ibn Said, a scholar and content Muslim man in Senegambia (1807), is captured and transported to Charleston. He does share a language with those shackled near him on the ship; language barriers obscure identities. At a Charleston slave auction, Omar's communication struggles continue until Julie, another slave, hears him speak a Muslim/Arabic greeting; her father was Muslim. She tells Omar she is escaping to Fayetteville before he is sold. Omar works on a plantation with a master who is frustrated that this ignorant brute can't understand him; he escapes. In Fayetteville, he is found writing Arabic characters in a church. Julie hears about it and, knowing it must be Omar, convinces her Master to buy him. Some time later, Master has Omar writing passages from the Bible in Arabic as a means of conversion. Omar complies, but includes his desire to go home and worship in his community. Master asks him to write his life's story to demonstrate his successful conversion.

Productions
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San Francisco OperaOmar11/5/2023 - 11/21/2023
Boston Lyric OperaOmar5/4/2023 - 5/7/2023
Los Angeles OperaOmar10/22/2022 - 11/13/2022
Spoleto Festival USAOmar5/27/2022 - 6/12/2022
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Approximate Runtime (hh:mm)
2:30

 Number of Acts
2


 
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