Toronto Summer Music Festival | Zuleykha

Journey back to historical times with Zuleykha, a new opera from Loose Tea Music Theatre by composer Afarin Mansouri. This opera upends the traditional narrative of Potiphar’s wife as a sinner and seducer of the Prophet Joseph, exploring instead a story of how she had to overcome a male dominant society to discover her true inner voice. Sung in the Farsi language and featuring traditional Eastern music within the European operatic tradition.

Afarin Mansouri, composer and librettist
Alaina Viau, dramaturg, producer, director
Saman Shahi, music director

Anne-Marie Ramos, Zuleykha
Tahirih Vejdani, The Maid
Saman Shahi, piano
Padideh Ahrarnejad, tar, rubab, bass tar
Ali Massoudi, percussion

Afarin Mansouri – Zuleykha

$20 – 56

With Loose Tea Music Theatre

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