Minnesota Orchestra presents The Prisoner

The Minnesota Orchestra, under conductor Sarah Hicks, will present The Prisoner, as part of an “Inside the Classics” summer series concert entitled “Speaking Truth to Power.” The July 28, 2018 performance features bass-baritone Kevin Deas. “Inside the Classics” is hosted by Minnesota Orchestra violist Sam Bergman. The Prisoner tells the story of Adnan Latif, one of the first men imprisoned in the US Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp in 2002. Its text is drawn from Latif’s own letters, sent to his lawyer while in captivity, and from other literary sources, including poems of Rilke, Al-Ma‘arri, Rūmī and the Book of Psalms.