A Far Cry performs The Strangers’ Case

On May 9th Boston’s A Far Cry ensemble presented the East Coast premiere of The Strangers’ Case with Karim Sulayman, tenor. Review in The Boston Musical Intelligencer.

The Strangers’ Case presents songs and chronicles of the immigrant experience. It gathers together poems and narratives from diverse sources about the perennial journey of the “stranger.” The work’s title originates in Shakespeare’s monologue for Sir Thomas More, which eloquently argues for empathy and compassion towards displaced people. The Strangers’ Case reminds us of our shared history, though it is fraught with contradiction, filled with both selfless generosity and selfish indifference. Digital Program Book