Spoleto's 'Omar' profound and healing say reviews

Spoleto Festival USA premieres 'Omar' after a two year, pandemic-related delay. The opera shares the story of a Muslim scholar from Senegal who was sold into slavery in Charleston and wrote the only known autobiography by a slave in Arabic in America.

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