Omar fact sheet
West Coast premiere
Composers: Rhiannon Giddens* and Michael Abels
Libretto: Rhiannon Giddens, based on the autobiography of Omar Ibn Said
World premiere: May 27, 2022, at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina
An LA Opera co-production with Spoleto Festival USA, San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago
Cast:
Omar: Jamez McCorkle*
Omar's Mother: Amanda Lynn Bottoms*
Johnson/Owen: Daniel Okulitch
Julie: Jacqueline Echols
Auctioneer/Taylor: Barry Banks
Owen's Daughter: Deepa Johnny*†
Katie Ellen: Briana Hunter*
Abdul, Omar’s Brother: Norman Garrett*
Abe: Alan Williams*†
Amadou: Ashley Faatoalia
Olufemi: Cedric Berry
Suleiman: Patrick Blackwell
Principal Dancer: Jermaine McGhee*
Creative team:
Conductor: Kazem Abdullah* ‡
Production: Kaneza Schaal*
Production Designer: Christopher Myers*
Set Designer: Amy Rubin*
Costume Designers: April M. Hickman* and Micheline Russell-Brown*
Lighting Designer: Pablo Santiago
Projections: Joshua Higgason
Chorus Director: Jeremy Frank
Choreographer: Kiara Benn*
Associate Choreographer: Yusuf Nasir*
Fight Director: Cesar Cipriano*
* LA Opera debut
† Member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program
‡ Alumnus of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program
Performance dates and times:
October 22, 2022, at 7:30pm
October 30, 2022, at 2pm
November 2, 2022, at 7:30pm
November 5, 2022, at 7:30pm
November 9, 2022, at 7:30pm
November 13, 2022, at 2pm
Performed in English with English supertitles
Estimated running time: two hours, 45 minutes, including one intermission
Venue: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90012)
All programs, artists and dates are subject to change.
Last updated: October 25, 2022
