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Composed by Kamala Sankaram | Libretto by Susan Yankowitz

A new opera based on the life of Muhktar Mai, one of the first women assaulted in Pakistan who brought her attackers to justice. With a magical score by Kamala Sankaram weaving Hindustani and Western musical styles.  

Directed by Rachel Dickstein
Music Direction by Steven Osgood (Prototype) & Samuel McCoy   (LA Opera)                                

Set Design by Susan Zeeman Rogers                                 Costume Design by Kate Fry                                                   Lighting design by Jeanette Oi-suk Yew                                        
Sound design by Matt Schloss                                                Projections by Automatic Release | Shawn Irons Lauren Petty Assistant Director Jeana Scotti

Performed by Steve Gokool, Theodora Hanslowe, Manu Narayan, Phyllis Pancella, Kamala Sankaram, Leela Subramaniam, Kannan Vasudevan
 

LA Opera (2017) and PROTOTYPE Festival 2014 Co-produced by Beth Morrison Projects and HERE World-premiere

“Ms. Sankaram’s music, inflected with the rhythms and melismas of Indian ragas, has a driving percussive energy and a distinctive sound…the action shifted seamlessly from realistic action to stylized choreography, taking the story into the realm of myth.”
-The Wall Street Journal

Photography by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of PROTOTYPE Festival.