Ohio State University Opera & Lyric Theatre presents “Ramala”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6HEzeWw9SI
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 – 7:30pm
Weigel Auditorium

Charles Wakefield Cadman, Francis La Flesche, and Nelle Richmond Eberhart began collaborating on this opera in 1908, at that time titled Daoma (sometimes spelled Da O Ma). In the 1930s, Cadman and Eberhart revised the opera and renamed it Ramala, often​ ​using ​ the subtitle Land of the Misty Water. La Flesche, an anthropologist and member of the Omaha tribe, provided recordings and transcriptions of Omaha music and the story for Ramala. Cadman composed music based on those tunes, and Eberhart and La Flesche worked together to write the libretto.

The Ohio State University Opera & Lyric Theatre
Ramala: an American “Indianist” Opera
Music by Charles Wakefield Cadman
Libretto by Nelle Richmond Eberhart and Francis La Flesche
Directed by A. Scott Parry

Presentation: Katie Graber
Piano: Ryan Behan
Ramala: Kimberly Monzon
Aedeta: Justin Fields
Nemaha: Dylan Davis
Magena: Elizabeth BLanquera
Taene: Samantha Stiner
Obeska: Thomas Petrushka
Video Production: Adam Bey