OPERA

Opera tells the story of a postapocalyptic world

Sci-fi tale Parable Of The Sower is transformed into an opera and is on at NYU

If you like science fiction, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of American sci-fi writer Octavia E Butler. A multi-award winning author, she won many plaudits for her work before she passed away in 2006. Now, one of her most well known books, Parable Of The Sower, returns to the UAE for a second time (it was last performed here in 2015) as an opera, written by composer and multiinstrumentalist Toshi Reagon.

Parable is a post-apocalyptic story set in 2020 where society lies in tatters thanks to climate change and corporate greed, and combines sci-fi with African-American spiritualism while examining gender and race. November 9 to 11

NYUAD Arts Center, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, free (advance booking required), Thur to Sat, 8pm. Tel: (02) 6284000. Taxi: NYUAD. nyuad.nyu.edu