Photo by Jill Steinberg, “We the innumerable” at National Sawdust
We the Innumerable
(60 minutes)
After the 2009 presidential election in Tehran, Iran, Roya and her husband, Siavash, become targets of the state for participating in nationwide protests against the election result. This opera is the heroic journey of an Iranian woman who protects the truth in the face of fear and violence.
Threshold of Brightness
(28 minutes)
Threshold of Brightness follows a famous and controversial Iranian poet, Forough Farrokhzad, as she is seriously injured in a car crash and enters a dream-like state where she reckons with the ghosts of her past.
Nilou Nour | Composer Pianist 
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