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Sumeida's Song

Sumeida's Song is an opera in three scenes by Mohammed Fairouz adapted from the play Song of Death by Egyptian playwright Tawfiq al-Hakim. It is Fairouz's first opera, completed in 2008 when he was 22 years old.

Performance history
The first staged production of the opera opened the 2013 Prototype: Opera/Theater/Now festival in New York City and was billed as "the first Arab-American opera to be fully produced on an American stage." The opera was co-produced by Beth Morrison Projects and Here Arts Center. ''Sumeida's Song'' received concert performances at Carnegie Hall and the New York Society for Ethical Culture before its first staging. ==Roles==
Synopsis
The three scenes of ''Sumeida's Song'' are set in a peasant house in a peasant village in Upper Egypt. ==Recording==
Recording
A recording of ''Sumeida's Song'' was released on Bridge Records on October 29, 2012. ==Reception==
Reception
Reviewing the first staged performance for The New York Times, Anthony Tommasini described ''Sumeida's Song'' as "an intensely dramatic 60-minute four-character opera with a searing score that deftly draws from Arabic and Western contemporary musical sources.". ==Notes==
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