Talk:Omar (opera)

Relative credit of the two composers
This article states:

"The opera was commissioned in 2019 by the Spoleto Festival USA and Carolina Performing Arts. The commission was given to Rhiannon Giddens, who wrote both the music and the libretto, with Michael Abels as co-composer expanding and orchestrating the music. The premiere, initially planned for 2020, had to be postponed twice due to COVID-19.[7]"

Source [7] does not support the sense that Giddens composed the major part of the score, as opposed to Abels having done so. My belief when I saw Omar at SF Opera was that Abels composed most of it, but I don't have the program notes (or anything else) to back that up. Probably more research is needed.

Spope3 (talk) 23:16, 10 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I cannot access that specific source due to a paywall, but all sources I have reviewed state that Giddens and Abels were co-composers of the work, with the libretto by Gibbens. I also saw the SF Opera performance; here is their press release which says the same thing. Funcrunch (talk) 23:42, 10 June 2024 (UTC)