Rhiannon Giddens at Work on New Opera, Inspired by Autobiography of Enslaved African-Muslim Scholar
The new opera, inspired by Omar Ibn Said's own words, will premiere next spring in Charleston.
Today is Monday, May 25, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Cody Jamison Strand Anne Heche Beth McDonald Eve Ensler Karen Valentine Leslie Uggams Deanna Dunagan Ian McKellen Dixie Carter Sarah Marshall Roger Bowen Lorraine Foreman Joseph Bova Hal David Dorothy Sarnoff Mary Nell Santacroce Henry Calvin Sidney Carroll Cecil Clovelly Marie Doro Bill Robinson J. Malcolm Dunn Erica Fitz Hector Troy Kevin O'Morrison Cillian Murphy Johnny Doran Margaret Forster Miles Malleson