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News Articles: Michael Abels

Tenor Jamez McCorkle, who debuted the title role in the opera <em>Omar</em><em></em>, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, which received its world premiere on May 27 in Charleston, S.C. at Spoleto Festival USA.

The debut of 'Omar,' a thoroughly American opera

Composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels have brought a true story to the opera stage: the life of Omar Ibn Said, a Senegalese Muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to the Carolinas.

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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Tenor Jamez McCorkle, who debuted the title role in the opera <em>Omar</em><em></em>, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, which received its world premiere on May 27 in Charleston, S.C. at Spoleto Festival USA.

The debut of 'Omar,' a thoroughly American opera

Composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels have brought a true story to the opera stage: the life of Omar Ibn Said, a Senegalese Muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to the Carolinas.

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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas