Sergio Mims - Leslie B. Dunner conducting Harriet Tubman opera in Brooklyn, New York

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). 

www.operaprojects.org/tubman 

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