Скачать или смотреть Emotional Night at National Sawdust in Brooklyn with the Performance of “We, The Innumerable” Opera

Fall 2022 - Brooklyn, NY:

Set during Iran’s Green Movement – a precursor to the Arab Spring – We, The Innumerable explores one woman’s courage to demand freedom in the face of the state-sanctioned violence and resist the distorted reality of authoritarianism in the Islamic Republic.

We, The Innumerable considers lessons about political violence and revolt learned from the Iranian Green Movement including the fragility of democracy, the poison of propaganda, and the collective will of the people.

This performance comes at a time when thousands of Iranian women are at the forefront of the anti-government uprising following Mahsa Amini’s death, removing their headscarves on the streets and burning them in protest of the compulsory Hijab.

Grammy-nominated conductor Sara Jobin conducts a chamber ensemble comprised of piano, violin, cello, clarinet, percussion, Persian santour, and electronic effects. The music merges classical Iranian modes with classical instruments, integrating authentic Iranian instruments into a European-derived form.

By staging We, The Innumerable, the Center for Contemporary Opera and the entire cast unite with women and men around the world to share the name and story of Mahsa Amini and stand in solidarity with the women of Iran fighting for their rights.

Produced by the Center for Contemporary Opera and co-presented by National Sawdust, We, the Innumerable was composed by Niloufar Nourbakhsh and librettist Lisa Flanagan, the production received the Discovery Grant from Opera America for the female composers program in 2019.

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