Media from Seattle Production

A Thousand Splendid Suns (2023)—Trailer

“How Quietly We Endure”

“Tariq, It’s Only You”

“Laila and Tariq love duet”

“Honor and Pride”

“A Thousand Splendid Suns”

[from I.1) Opera opening and duo, Nana and Mariam (New Works Forum 2016, Trinty Orch. with Sara Jobin, cond; Vira Slywotzky, sop; Aleksandra Romano, mezzo-soprano; Steve Gorn, bansuri; Jonathan Singer, tabla)

[from I.5] New Works Forum 2016, Trinty Orch. Love music with Laila and Tariq, ( NWF Trinty Orch. with Sara Jobin, cond; Lucy Fitz Gibbon, sop; Thor Arbjornsson, tenor; Steve Gorn, bansuri)

Key West Workshop, Jan 2016,
[from I.4]“How quietly we endure” (Mariam)
 Aleksandra Romano, mezzo-soprano; Sara Jobin, conductor; Steve Gorn, bansuri; Leslie Swackhamer, director

[from II.3] Hudson, NY Workshop, Oct. 2017
“Soon, Very Soon,” (Mariam and Laila)
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano, Katy Pracht, mezzo-soprano;
Sara Jobin, conductor, Steve Gorn, bansuri; Leslie Swackhamer, director