At War with Ourselves
Composer:
Michael Abels
Librettist:
Nikky Finney
Composer website:
https://michaelabels.com/js_albums/opera-and-voice/
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AT WAR WITH OURSELVES is an oratorio for 21st-Century America, with a libretto by National Book Award winner Nikky Finney. It was commissioned by the ground-breaking, genre-defying Kronos Quartet and features the San Francisco Girls Chorus, as well as Finney herself narrating. AT WAR WITH OURSELVES will debut at SFJazz in May 2020.