A new chamber opera inspired by Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan has been composed by Nathan Felix.

The chamber opera is sung in Kurdish and features soprano Katrina Saporsantos and Inversion Ensemble singers Trevor Shaw and Robbie LaBanca.

The album titled, Öcalan has been released and available to stream and download worldwide on all digital platforms.

Inspired by the movement for 'Freedom for Öcalan’, the work is an expression of admiration for the spirit of the Kurds, inspired by their resilience, resistance and belief in the joy of life.

The remarkable awakening of the consciousness and political activism of the Kurdish people in recent years has been engendered by the remarkable leadership and writings of Abdullah Öcalan.

Despite enduring decades of incarceration removed entirely from the world, his people and denied all human contacts, Öcalan still communicates through his words and as a living example of the essential strength of the Kurdish spirit.

More information on the opera can be obtained at nathanfelix.bandcamp.com