The opera "Omar," on a Muslim slave in America

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The opera "Omar," on a Muslim slave in America

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"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.
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@emanueldavis7156 Жыл бұрын

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.

@rasheeda1303 2 жыл бұрын

Being that Bro Omar started his autobiography with in the name Allah the merciful he hid nothing.

@AllieSheffield 11 ай бұрын

O’Lordy, it gave me shivers to listen to this story, how beautiful, thank you for sharing this it’s magnificent.

@bozarts22 4 ай бұрын

Totally!

@josephalison12 6 ай бұрын

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.

@waniaiftikhar635 6 ай бұрын

beautiful to see how empowering during a time of enslavement the Quran was for him

@ravenscry048 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@maryprior9386 2 жыл бұрын

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😉

@annasahlstrom6109 11 ай бұрын

I saw Omar at the LA Opera and I was absolutely blown away. It is a must-see show. An absolutely vital production.

@fannygarcia3699 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@williamgregory1848 10 ай бұрын

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.

@SandyWolf- 2 жыл бұрын

Tell your stories or they will fade to dust! Love it👍✌

@antar5801 2 жыл бұрын

I’m in tear’s, I name two of my sons in Omar name. This is such a powerful message.

@BellaFirenze 2 жыл бұрын

Omar and Omar? Isn't that confusing?

@antar5801 2 жыл бұрын

@@BellaFirenze not at all

@BellaFirenze 2 жыл бұрын

@@antar5801 If each Omar marries an Omar you will have four Omars!

@bh29 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@josephalison12 6 ай бұрын

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.

@tristyevely3798 2 жыл бұрын

I saw Omar and Martha at Spoletto this year. Fantastic!

@DavidKerley 2 жыл бұрын

Like so many countless others, yet another important part of our collective story we never heard about. Once again we ask ourselves, "Why?"

@nghtwtchmn129 2 жыл бұрын

Muslims do not have clean hands here. Do you know what the Koran means by "those who your right hand possesses?

@AlumniQuad 4 ай бұрын

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.

@doomsdayzalinsky7910 Жыл бұрын

How wonderful to hear about. Thank you for sharing.

@user-dt8kp2th2l Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this important historical story.👍😊

@hummersd 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic segment.

@mikeywestside8509 2 жыл бұрын

@josephalison12 6 ай бұрын

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.

@diabissael-ali9708 6 ай бұрын

❤

@lindavenuto426 2 жыл бұрын

This was excellent!

@mikeywestside8509 2 жыл бұрын

@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 2 ай бұрын

@@mikeywestside8509 Why not? It is inspiring, isn't it?

@nlp6082 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see this opera. Thank you!

@EmiciaYvette 2 жыл бұрын

This was AMAZING! I hope it comes to New York soon 💕.

@mikeywestside8509 2 жыл бұрын

@jjj1951 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeywestside8509 Life not going so well Mikey?

@lewstone5430 2 жыл бұрын

@jjj1951 Mikey hates anyone who’s not white, so yes, he has serious emotional issues.

@nghtwtchmn129 2 жыл бұрын

Someone should write an opera about ISIS and the Yazidi women they enslaved.

@zxcccccc1 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful servant may Allah grant him ease on the day of judgement Ameen.

@lewstone5430 2 жыл бұрын

Spoleto is a wonderful event. I was lucky enough to attend some of the events many years ago.

@sophelet 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@xonvaldez 2 жыл бұрын

I have my ticket for LA Opera performance in November!!

@stanbrown32 2 жыл бұрын

This opera is being produced by the Los Angeles Opera in November and the Boston Lyric Opera this season as well.

@TheOrganizedSoprano Жыл бұрын

Very excited! Rehearsals just started for the Boston performance of this! I am honored to be a part of it 😊

@manuelbello5806 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like a good opera

@mikeywestside8509 2 жыл бұрын

@sophelet 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeywestside8509 poor Mikey. In a funk, wants to make everyone as miserable as he is.

@rruss81 2 жыл бұрын

I hope this opera performed in either NJ or PA soon.

@RasheedKhan-he6xx 6 ай бұрын

His handwriting is beautiful.

@mililaniman 2 жыл бұрын

Omar seems like a fascinating opera that I would enjoy watching. I would learn Arabic just to read his autobiography.

@RKasi Жыл бұрын

Brought me to tears. Allah yerhamo

@Nighthawk-8050 2 жыл бұрын

As an African-American this is truly truly amazing

@michaelrg3836 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely voice!

@golibjon76 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ronanyomu5967 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Odaybiiqe 2 жыл бұрын

They do deliberately. They forced him to slavery and now they step on his scripts ...what a mess!!!

@estiempo9267 2 жыл бұрын

Marvelous

@mikeywestside8509 2 жыл бұрын

@afrifecc 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 the lady watching Rhiannon give her splendid answer, like 😮 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@richardpace8496 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@johncalderone5069 Жыл бұрын

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!

@BHHerring Жыл бұрын

John, I noticed too, but it got back on track. Not sure what happened.

@Yenchantress1isaStarr 7 ай бұрын

You cannot fix a lie.

@holyspacemonkey 2 жыл бұрын

Looks incredible!

@scorpioninpink 2 жыл бұрын

Please bring this opera in Broadway or West End in London. Please, please, PLEASE!!!

@user-pq4sc8nm8n 4 ай бұрын

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 .

@DM-lc2cf 2 жыл бұрын

Where was this written account found? When? Has it been translated and printed?

@mohammedkhan2303 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Yenchantress1isaStarr 7 ай бұрын

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.

@everythingkaye 2 жыл бұрын

Will this be coming to Ohio? I can't find tour schedule.

@goddessgaea19 Жыл бұрын

my friends are going to see it today in LA

@jennifergarnatz6860 6 ай бұрын

I would love to see a film on his life

@Yellow-et1ig 2 жыл бұрын

Tell your story OMAR,👑👏🏼🏆🏆👀

@mikeywestside8509 2 жыл бұрын

🙄

@Yenchantress1isaStarr 7 ай бұрын

@@mikeywestside8509Right!

@rodneyharper2275 Жыл бұрын

Thanks again 👍

@jennifergarnatz6860 6 ай бұрын

Who owns the rights to his autobiography? Would love to read a copy of it.

@TWILS02119 Жыл бұрын

That’s my family out in the lowlands ❤💕

@Degast92 2 ай бұрын

I wonder what he would think of this himself, since music in general is considered forbidden in islam.

@MA-Adris 2 жыл бұрын

Why they are standing on his writing!?? 4:49 which is printed ..... No GOod

@ronanyomu5967 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Yenchantress1isaStarr 7 ай бұрын

More than likely they are liars.

@CiTalMe 2 жыл бұрын

Remarkable!!

@melaniamonicacraciun9900 2 жыл бұрын

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

@essenceedwards-burd4681 Жыл бұрын

He was always free.💜

@ibnbasem6044 Жыл бұрын

You shouldn’t step on these writing with your feet. Where is your respect

@worldtraveler134 Жыл бұрын

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 !

@diabissael-ali9708 6 ай бұрын

رحم الله عمر بن سعيد 😢

@nazrimumin7441 Жыл бұрын

Mashallah

@mueddhin Жыл бұрын

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.

@StephenMare-ou5hc 3 ай бұрын

This was interesting

@philipcoriolis6614 3 ай бұрын

"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.

@travisdejong2354 2 жыл бұрын

More bad editing from Sunday Morning. 3:44

@Yenchantress1isaStarr 7 ай бұрын

So, who was the original curator of his text?

@perspicaciouscritic 11 ай бұрын

3:44 - 4:06 - What's up with the incongruous edit?

@hanahasan7350 Жыл бұрын

You should not step on Quran words. They are holy

@Lorna8264 2 жыл бұрын

So much intellect was brought from Africa with the slaves

@jennifergarnatz6860 6 ай бұрын

But sadly they were subdued

@alhdafe Жыл бұрын

لا تموتون إلا وأنتم مسلمون

@woodenbeast9337 2 жыл бұрын

will the opera be available for the people in our inner cities? Maybe it will help curb the violence

@sgiauque 3 ай бұрын

#Sahel #Mouridiyya #Touba

@emiliobello2538 2 жыл бұрын

We need more portrayals of American Muslims

@mikeywestside8509 2 жыл бұрын

why?

@emiliobello2538 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeywestside8509 good to have representation. No politics here

@nghtwtchmn129 2 жыл бұрын

Right. Americans need to know all about how Muslims worked to abolish slavery, promote women's rights, and promote LGTB acceptance.

@bilindamueller3154 2 жыл бұрын

Lol ..THOMAS SOWELL . titled. THE TRUTH ABOUT SLAVERY.....

@coyoluo 2 ай бұрын

They were scholars owned by savages.

@wavechamber Жыл бұрын

I guess she does not how to orchestrate the opera, Michael came in to orchestrate this opera?

@GlobalPeace365 2 жыл бұрын

no renunciation of faith = no freedom

@Yenchantress1isaStarr 7 ай бұрын

Kidnapped

@youforient 2 жыл бұрын

Surorised they dont get cancelles for that masonic sun lol

@tplez1659 2 жыл бұрын

Better: A Muslim enslaved in America"

@chrisfinnegan8370 2 жыл бұрын

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.