
ALYA AL-SULTANI
Operas
Two Sisters
Two Sisters is a new opera in three acts with Arabic libretto, set on the Turkish-Syrian border. Two Sisters explores important current themes - looking radically at our lives and how we live them; the choice to stay or go; what human resilience looks like; and the bond between women.
The opera has just completed its first phase of R&D to incorporate electronic music and improvisation and has been written as a graphic score for three singers and ensemble.
The cast and musicians are:
Dr Corey Mwamba - musical director
Alice Zawadzski - Maisa
Andrea Cortes-Moreno - Laila
Alya Al-Sultani - mama
Dave Kane - electronics and double bass
Alice Zawadzki - violin
Fatima Lahham - recorders
Charlotte Keeffe - trumpet
GRANDMIXXER - electronics
Robert Mitchell - piano