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MacArthur ‘Genius’ Rhiannon Giddens To Compose Opera Based On Slave Narrative

MUSIC Posted: June 12, 2019 6:18 am

Giddens, a conservatory-trained operatic singer as well as a banjo player (she co-founded the string band Carolina Chocolate Drops) and composer, will prepare the libretto and compose the music for a new work about Omar Ibn Said, the only African-American slave known to have written an account of his captivity in Arabic. The as-yet-untitled opera was commissioned by the Spoleto Festival USA, where it will premiere in 2020, in honor of Charleston’s 350th anniversary that year. – The Post and Courier (Charleston)

MUSIC Published: 06.10.19, sjm

Read the story in The Post and Courier (Charleston) Published: 06.10.19, sjm

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