Thumbprint
Samuel McCoy, Kamala Sankaram, Manu Narayan
Release Date: April 25, 2025
The live cast recording from LA Opera's production of Kamala Sankaram’s acclaimed opera Thumbprint tells the story of Mukhtar Mai, a young Pakistani woman who overcame incredible odds to seek justice. A first of its kind, the score melds the South Asian systems of raga and tala, the sounds of qawwali and Bollywood, and the structures and vocal fireworks of Western opera. This sold-out run was the final production where Kamala Sankaram also sang the role of Mukhtar, praised by the LA Times as “a rousing double threat, a compelling singer… You don’t leave the theater unimpressed or unmoved.”
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TRACK LIST
The Reporters
The Chukar Song
In the Name of Honor
The River
Truth Dies in the Mouth of Power
Allamdullilah
The Mastoi
From Darkness into Darkness
Shame
At Home
What Sorrow
The Mother's Aria
Mukhtar's Decision
On the Road
A New Tradition
The Police Station
The Trial–Shakur and Father
The Trial–Faiz and Mukhtar
Ask the Road
Verdict
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Finale–The First Drop of Rain