Leslie B. Dunner: 'I am conducting an opera here in NYC starting tonight - Harriet Tubman at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn, 7:30 pm'

Leslie B. Dunner (Jonathan Mathias)

Sergio A. Mims forwards this from Leslie B. Dunner:

Hello All,

I am conducting an opera here in NYC starting tonight - Harriet Tubman at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn, 7:30 pm. Hope you can join us at this new and exciting world premiere set of performances here in New York City!!

Leslie B. Dunner, conductor.

Harriet Tubman February event: http://operaprojects.org/events.htm#TubmanIrondale

Harriet Tubman opera: http://operaprojects.org/tubman

HARRIET TUBMAN: WHEN I CROSSED THAT LINE TO FREEDOM

Conductor: Leslie B. Dunner

Stage Director: Lemuel Wade

Assistant Conductor: Mila Henry  

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). Based on recent Tubman biographies, the story is narrated and told in the context of Tubman’s tight-knit family of lively characters. Harriet Tubman carries the universal themes of sisterhood, courage, sacrifice and doing what is necessary to keep a family together. Moreover it is a heartwarming tale of two sisters vowing that nothing but death will separate them, despite the slavery threatening to tear them apart. www.operaprojects.org/tubman

Performances by: Janinah Burnett, Briana Hunter, Nicole Mitchell, Clinton Ingram, Damian Norfleet, Marsha Thompson, Anthony P. McGlaun, Ernest Jackson, Patrice P. Eaton, Kyle Guglielmo  

     

Presented in rep with Irondale Ensemble Project's Color Between the Lines as part of the Lines of Freedom Festival featuring works of musical theater that pay tribute to the heroes who fought for the end of slavery.

TICKETS: Tickets $25 | Senior/Students $15 | Matinees $15

PURCHASE: http://irondale.org/LinesOfFreedom

Harriet Tubman February event: http://operaprojects.org/events.htm#TubmanIrondale

Harriet Tubman opera: http://operaprojects.org/tubman