San Francisco Opera Production Details

OMAR – San Francisco Opera

November 5–21, 2023

War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco, CA

CAST

Jamez McCorkle – Omar

Brittany Renee – Julie

Taylor Raven – Fatima, Omar’s Mother

Daniel Okulitch – Johnson/Owen

Norman Garrett – Abdul, Omar’s Brother / Abe

Laura Krumm – Eliza

Rehannan Thelwell – Katie Ellen / Caller

Barry Banks – Auctioneer / Taylor

CREATIVE TEAM

Rhiannon Giddens – Co-Composer / Librettist

Michael Abels – Co-Composer

Kaneza Schaal – Stage director

John Kennedy – Conductor

Christopher Myers – Production designer

Kiara Benn – Choreographer

Amy Rubin – Set Designer

April Hickman – Costume Designer

Micheline Russell-Brown – Costume Designer

Pable Santiago – Lighting Designer

Joshua Higgason – Projection Designer

John Keene – Chorus Director

Omar is co-commissioned by Spoleto Festival USA, Carolina Performing Arts, San Francisco Opera, LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Boston Lyric Opera, and Detroit Opera

Co-production by San Francisco Opera, LA Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago

Originally co-produced by Spoleto Festival USA and Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill