![]() ![]() ![]() The opera was adapted for the stage by award-winning Seattle composer Sheila Silver and directed by Roya Sadat, one of Afghanistan’s first women to direct films and the winner of over 20 international awards. ![]() They become united under the same household against their common enemies - the Taliban that oppresses outside their walls, and the abusive husband who oppresses within them. Based on the critically acclaimed novel by The New York Times bestselling author Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns unfolds the complex story of Mariam and Laila, two women in Afghanistan who are generations apart but whose fates collide due to circumstance, pain, and tragedy. Seattle Opera debuted its world premiere of A Thousand Splendid Suns on Feb. ![]()
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