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February 11, 2022

Opera Announces '22-'23 Season

SEATTLE—The Seattle Opera has announced the lineup of repertoire and artists for their 2022/23 season, which will include the world premiere of A Thousand Splendid Suns), as well as Samson and Delilah and favorites The Elixir of Love, Tristan and Isolde, and La traviata. Performing these works will be over 50 mainstage soloists.

A Thousand Splendid Suns (which runs Feb. 25 – Mar. 11 at McCaw Hall) is an adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel. With music by composer Sheila Silver and a libretto by Stephen Kitsakos, it tells the story of two Afghan women, brought together under Taliban rule, who must make unthinkable sacrifices as they fight for their survival. The production is directed by Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat, whose work as one of Afghanistan's first female film directors has garnered more than 20 international film awards.


 
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