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Composed by Kamala Sankaram
Libretto by Susan Yankowitz
Directed by Rachel Dickstein
Music Direction by Steven Osgood (Prototype) & Samuel McCoy (LA Opera)
A new opera based on the life of Muhktar Mai, one of the first women assaulted in Pakistan who brought her attackers to justice. With a magical score by Kamala Sankaram weaving Hindustani and Western musical styles.
Set Design by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Costume Design by Kate Fry
Lighting design by Jeanette Oi-suk Yew
Sound design by Matt Schloss
Projections by Automatic Release | Shawn Irons Lauren Petty
Assistant Director Jeana Scotti
Performed by Steve Gokool, Theodora Hanslowe, Manu Narayan, Phyllis Pancella, Kamala Sankaram, Leela Subramaniam, & Kannan Vasudevan
“A vibrant call for women’s rights.”
“Ms. Sankaram’s music, inflected with the rhythms and melismas of Indian ragas, has a driving percussive energy and a distinctive sound…the action shifted seamlessly from realistic action to stylized choreography, taking the story into the realm of myth.”
LA Opera (2017) and PROTOTYPE Festival 2014 Co-produced by Beth Morrison Projects and HERE World-premiere.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.
Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.