An excerpt from Nkeiru Okoye's folk opera-in-progress "Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom." The opera will tell the story of the Underground Railroad engineer (soprano Jasmine Muhammad in this excerpt) as she grows from a girl born in slavery into the woman who would lead dozens of slaves to freedom in the North.
Conductor: Eli Spindel
violin: Jennifer Axelson / violin II: Molly Fletcher
viola: Brian Thompson / cello: Alice Hamlet
contrabass: Morton Cahn / piano: Mila Henry
Stage director: Beth Greenberg
Produced by American Opera Projects
Opera Grows In Brooklyn: Opera of Color
Sunday, June 12 - 7:00 p.m.
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY
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