Leslie B. Dunner (Jonathan Mathias)
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HARRIET TUBMAN: WHEN I CROSSED THAT LINE TO FREEDOM
Music and libretto by Nkeiru Okoye
February 21 & 27, 2014 | 7:30PM
February 22 | 3PM
March 1 | 7:30PM
Irondale Center
85 South Oxford St.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
WORLD
PREMIERE! Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom is a two
act folk
opera by Nkeiru Okoye that tells how a young girl born in slavery
becomes the legendary Underground Railroad conductor, Harriet Tubman
(Metropolitan Opera's Janinah Burnett).
Performances by:
Janinah
Burnett, Briana Hunter, Nicole Mitchell, Clinton Ingram, Damian
Norfleet, Marsha Thompson, Anthony McGlaun, Ernest Jackson,
Patrice Eaton, Kyle Guglielmo
Conductor: LESLIE B. DUNNER
Stage Director: Lemuel Wade
“Okoye’s
[Harriet Tubman] is an ensemble of achingly beautiful arias, duets,
trios and choruses that recount the major episodes in Tubman’s
career...” - The Baltimore Sun
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