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African American spirituals ring out in world premiere of Jubilee at Seattle Opera

Lisa Arrindell (Ella Sheppard)
© Sunny Martini
Jubilee at Seattle Opera
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Greg Watkins (Benjamin Holmes) and Martin Bakari (Greene Evans)
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Aundi Marie Moore (Maggie Porter)
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Jubilee at Seattle Opera
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Reviewed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle on 12 October 2024
Traditional, Jubilee (arr. Michael Ellis Ingram)
Seattle Opera
Kellen Gray, Conductor
Tazewell Thompson, Director
Donald Eastman, Set Designer
Harry Nadal, Costume Designer
Robert Wierzel, Lighting Designer
Seattle Symphony
Robertson Witmer, Sound Design
Tiffany Townsend, America Robinson
Aundi Marie Moore, Maggie Porter
Sarah Joyce Cooper, Minnie Tate
Ibidunni Ojikutu, Mabel Lewis
Hannah Jones, Jennie Jackson
Natalie Lewis, Georgia Gordon
Lisa Arrindell, Ella Sheppard
Tyrone Chambers II, Isaac Dickerson
Martin Luther Clark, Frederick Loudin
Martin Bakari, Greene Evans
Darren Drone, Edmund Watkins
Greg Watkins, Benjamin Holmes
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