The opera "Omar," on a Muslim slave in America
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- čas přidán 13. 08. 2022
- "Omar," an opera that recently had its world premiere, tells the story of Omar Ibn Said, a 19th century Muslim scholar stolen from Senegal and sold into slavery in America, who left behind a remarkable autobiography written in Arabic. Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels about how their opera tells a largely-forgotten story, informing the history of our multicultural nation.
#omar #opera #islam
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Omar Ibn Said is an important figure in North Carolina History. I learned about him when I was in middle school. I am glad to his unique story being shared others in such an artistic way.
I just bought a ticket to my first opera because of this coverage of
Omar." I look forward to seeing it in Los Angeles in October. Thank you for sharing this story.
O’Lordy, it gave me shivers to listen to this story, how beautiful, thank you for sharing this it’s magnificent.
Totally!
Tell your stories or they will fade to dust! Love it👍✌
Thank you for doing this story. I had never heard of Omar before. His autobiography is amazing. It is TIME for us- the USA to really know about his life.
AMEN THANK YOU CBS SUNDAY MORNING. MISS ROSEMARY 76 YEARS YOUNG I NOW LIVE IN ARGENTINA AND I AM BLESSED TO WATCH . THIS HELPS ME FEEL CONNECTED. BLESS YOU MARY PLEASE EXCUSE CAPS LOL😉
Being that Bro Omar started his autobiography with in the name Allah the merciful he hid nothing.
I’m in tear’s, I name two of my sons in Omar name. This is such a powerful message.
Omar and Omar? Isn't that confusing?
@@BellaFirenze not at all
@@antar5801 If each Omar marries an Omar you will have four Omars!
@@antar5801 Do you call them Omar 1 & 2? My cousin are both named “Qaboos” after great Sultan of Oman (may he Rest In Peace with Alla 🙏🏼 Peace be Upon Him) and we have Qaboos 1 & Qaboos 2, lol.
The name Omar is the name of one of the Muslim rulers ( Omar ibn Khattab), under his rule joined the Power, the Justice, the compassion and extreme piety. A model for humanity.
I’m actually crying right now 😢
When we think of well-known slaves, we think of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. But there are so many other slaves who came from different parts of Africa and had lives and stories that unfortunately, we will never know.
I saw Omar and Martha at Spoletto this year. Fantastic!
How wonderful to hear about. Thank you for sharing.
I saw Omar at the LA Opera and I was absolutely blown away. It is a must-see show. An absolutely vital production.
Thank you for sharing this important historical story.👍😊
Fantastic segment.
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Like so many countless others, yet another important part of our collective story we never heard about. Once again we ask ourselves, "Why?"
Muslims do not have clean hands here. Do you know what the Koran means by "those who your right hand possesses?
There's already thousands of parts to "our collective story". We'll need to allow more time for those in showbiz to add thousands more by turning the lives of past people into profit-making Tony Award winning theater and streamable videos, catapulting their careers to ever-higher levels of success.
I would love to see this opera. Thank you!
This was excellent!
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@@mikeywestside8509
Why not? It is inspiring, isn't it?
I have my ticket for LA Opera performance in November!!
Spoleto is a wonderful event. I was lucky enough to attend some of the events many years ago.
I agree! I performed in the Spoleto Festival in Charleston and the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy a few times in the late '80s and would love to return in the audience.
This was AMAZING! I hope it comes to New York soon 💕.
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@@mikeywestside8509 Life not going so well Mikey?
@jjj1951 Mikey hates anyone who’s not white, so yes, he has serious emotional issues.
Someone should write an opera about ISIS and the Yazidi women they enslaved.
Looks like a good opera
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@@mikeywestside8509 poor Mikey. In a funk, wants to make everyone as miserable as he is.
Lovely voice!
Thanks again 👍
What a beautiful servant may Allah grant him ease on the day of judgement Ameen.
I hope this opera performed in either NJ or PA soon.
Awesome!
Looks incredible!
The name Omar is the name of one of the Muslim rulers ( Omar ibn Khattab), under his rule joined the Power, the Justice, the compassion and extreme piety. A model for humanity.
I encourage everyone to look this name up in the net.
❤
This opera is being produced by the Los Angeles Opera in November and the Boston Lyric Opera this season as well.
Very excited! Rehearsals just started for the Boston performance of this! I am honored to be a part of it 😊
Omar wrote surah (quranic chapter) " El Mulk" on his biography, signaling that he was free inside because everything belongs to Allah (God), he never felt to be a "possession" of someone no matter what's his rank in Society ( his last "master" was a governor). The connection which Islam establishes with the Creator is unshakable.
beautiful to see how empowering during a time of enslavement the Quran was for him
Brought me to tears. Allah yerhamo
Marvelous
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Will this be coming to Ohio? I can't find tour schedule.
my friends are going to see it today in LA
Remarkable!!
Omar seems like a fascinating opera that I would enjoy watching. I would learn Arabic just to read his autobiography.
As an African-American this is truly truly amazing
Where was this written account found? When? Has it been translated and printed?
Yes
I don’t trust it.I want to know who was the first curator of these writings. For decades that had colored folk believing “Roots” was true.
I was enthralled by this, but then the audio and video got all messed up at around four minutes and nothing matched up. Please fix this so we can watch and listen to this whole fascinating video!
John, I noticed too, but it got back on track. Not sure what happened.
You cannot fix a lie.
😂😂😂😂😂 the lady watching Rhiannon give her splendid answer, like 😮
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
His handwriting is beautiful.
Please bring this opera in Broadway or West End in London. Please, please, PLEASE!!!
That’s my family out in the lowlands ❤💕
So, who was the original curator of his text?
I would live to see an illustrated story of Omar by renown artist writer Kadir Nelson. He could put this story forward and allow Omar to be reacted .
Mashallah
4:33 if those arabic scripts are from holy Quran then you must not step on it. It is disrespecting the Quran and religion. #muslims ; #islam ; #Quran ; #religion
Girl, I was thinking I am the only one who saw that, just disgusting.
If it was the bible verses, it would've been world war 3
They do deliberately. They forced him to slavery and now they step on his scripts ...what a mess!!!
I would love to see a film on his life
Who owns the rights to his autobiography? Would love to read a copy of it.
3:44 - 4:06 - What's up with the incongruous edit?
This was interesting
"Then there came to our place a large army, who killed many men, and took me, and brought me to the great sea, AND SOLD ME INTO THE HANDS OF THE CHRISTIANS who bound me and sent me on board a great ship." Omar Ibn Said met the Christians on the beach. They were there waiting for prisoners to buy. Omar Ibn Said was therefore captured by MUSLIMS.
Why they are standing on his writing!??
4:49 which is printed .....
No GOod
Girl, I was thinking I am the only one who saw that, just disgusting.
If it was the bible verses, it would've been world war 3
More than likely they are liars.
Tell your story OMAR,👑👏🏼🏆🏆👀
🙄
@@mikeywestside8509Right!
More bad editing from Sunday Morning. 3:44
That's the point, put there on a theater stage all tears of grief and pain in order to get rid of them in the real life. Still these days, there are some kind of big bosses rulers of the world that feel worthless if not creating new slavery, denying humble average people the basic human rights, still a big problem...like Talibans obsession...not only Taliban feel worthless without mistreating the vulnerable ones, the .. stage performance is helping wake up people and fight for making real life work and then. . it's a huge opportunity for creating new welfare, any opera event, the best way for business datings, for socializing, for charity actions and .. for feeling fine together for a while
He was always free.💜
I wonder what he would think of this himself, since music in general is considered forbidden in islam.
I always question why not one syllable of African words passed down to children even if they where sold away it would be a reminder of who they are and their people.
Something we all should ask !
You shouldn’t step on these writing with your feet. Where is your respect
The narrator's, out of a sense of respect, should not have been stepping on the words of Qur'an scribed onto the sheet they were standing on because they are not standing on the words of Omar. Rather, they were standing on the words of Allah (G_d) that were written by Omar.
You should not step on Quran words.
They are holy
لا تموتون إلا وأنتم مسلمون
رحم الله عمر بن سعيد 😢
will the opera be available for the people in our inner cities? Maybe it will help curb the violence
I guess she does not how to orchestrate the opera, Michael came in to orchestrate this opera?
#Sahel #Mouridiyya #Touba
So much intellect was brought from Africa with the slaves
But sadly they were subdued
Lol ..THOMAS SOWELL . titled. THE TRUTH ABOUT SLAVERY.....
no renunciation of faith = no freedom
Surorised they dont get cancelles for that masonic sun lol
They were scholars owned by savages.
We need more portrayals of American Muslims
why?
@@mikeywestside8509 good to have representation. No politics here
Right. Americans need to know all about how Muslims worked to abolish slavery, promote women's rights, and promote LGTB acceptance.
Kidnapped
Better: A Muslim enslaved in America"
Human tragedy RIP Omar. , , in the 1600s a group of Moroccans sailed ⛵ to Ireland and in the wee hours of dawn inslaved 200 Irish people and burnt the defenseless hamlet to the ground. Behavior like this was common worldwide 🌐. Humans need to pick-up the pieces and move on.
Why is everything based on lies these days?
Who fu@#!NG cares??
TRUMP 2024🇺🇸
What? Why?
Your life has been a failure hasn't it Brent?
NO!! A disabled US Army Veteran
@@jjj1951 Anyone who blindly follows a cult is dealing with personal issues. Calling that person a failure is no help, and is cruel.
@@irvwest1, truth is seemingly cruel. Only “a few good men” can handle it
Go ask the mohamahens how they tortured the Jews christians and zoharastrians of Arabia and Persia fir the past 1400 yrs.