{"id":130,"date":"2021-02-19T03:26:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T03:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephenkitsakos.com\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2023-12-11T00:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T00:44:50","slug":"a-thousand-splendid-suns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stephenkitsakos.com\/opera-librettist\/a-thousand-splendid-suns\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thousand Splendid Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BEST NEW OPERA NOMINEE FOR 2023 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS HOST: POLAND NATIONAL OPERA, WARSAW, POLAND<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cHosseini<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s novel, here adapted by librettist Stephen Kitsakos, working closely with composer Silver, achieves the ideal with lyrics that are natural yet elevated, both specific and universal, poetry that is the spine of operatic storytelling.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> \u2014Opera Wire<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe opera brought lyrical, beautiful music to a poignant tale on the McCaw Hall Stage.\u201d<\/strong> \u2014The Seattle Times<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHaunting and beautiful, the story and music merge as one in this formidable show.\u201d<\/strong> \u2014Broadway World<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cA Thousand Splendid Suns<\/i> reaffirms the human connection that crosses cultures and that may, in this era of extreme polarization, be our last hope.\u201d<\/strong> \u2014Music America Worldwide<\/em><\/div>\n
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Set in contemporary Afghanistan from the mid-1960\u2019s to the American invasion in 2001, A Thousand Splendid Suns<\/i> is the story of two Islamic women, born a generation apart, one an uneducated bastard child and the other an educated modern beauty. Each is forced into marriage with the same brutal man, fifteen years apart. Cold to one another at first, they grow to develop a bond in a loving mother-daughter relationship and make heroic sacrifices for one another as their husband\u2019s abuse mounts and civil war surrounds them. The two heroines emerge as a symbol of the universal bond that exists between women. A Thousand Splendid Suns <\/i>celebrates the triumph of the human spirit.<\/p>\n

Khaled Hosseini\u2019s novels The Kite Runner <\/i>and A Thousand Splendid Suns<\/i> have sold more than 10 million copies in the United States and more than 38 million copies worldwide in over 70 countries. His other works include And The Mountains Echoed<\/i> & Sea Prayer<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The World Premiere was Directed by the award-winning Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat and conducted by Viswa Subbaraman.<\/p>\n

Learn More at Seattle Opera<\/a><\/p>\n

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BEST NEW OPERA NOMINEE FOR 2023 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS HOST: POLAND NATIONAL OPERA, WARSAW, POLAND \u201cHosseini\u2019s novel, here adapted by librettist Stephen Kitsakos, working closely with composer Silver, achieves the ideal with lyrics that are natural yet elevated, both specific and universal, poetry that is the spine of operatic storytelling.\u201d \u2014Opera Wire \u201cThe opera brought […]<\/p>\n

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