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Portland Opera
March 2023
Composer: Kamala Sankaram
Librettist: Susan Yankowitz
Conductor: Maria Badstue
Production: Omer Ben Seadia
Scenic Design Collective: dots
Lighting Designer: Joe Beumer
Choreographer: Subashini Ganesan-Forbes
Costume Designer: Kara Harmon
Hair & Makeup Designer: Sara Beukers
Mukhtar Mai: Samina Aslam
Annu: Leela Subramaniam
Mother: Indira Mahajan
Shakur: Omar Najmi
Faiz: Alok Kumar
Father: Neil Balfour
Principal Dancers: Sitara Razaqi Lones, Priya Judge
Photos by Christine Dong








Chautauqua Opera Company
July 2022
Conductor: Kristin Roach
Production: Omer Ben Seadia
Scenic Designer: Liliana Duque Piñeiro
Lighting & Video Designer: Michael Baumgarten
Costume Designer: B.G. Fitzgerald
Wig & Makeup Designer: Martha Ruskai
Mukhtar Mai: Samina Aslam
Annu: Nicola Santoro
Mother: Talin Nalbandian
Shakur: Felix Aguilar Tomlinson
Faiz: Rolfe Dauz
Father: Phillip Lopez
Photos by Dave Munch



