Limerick-based singer Rhiannon Giddens wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize for music
Rhiannon Giddens
Limerick-based folk singer Rhiannon Giddens has been awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for music alongside American composer, Michael Abels.
The pair won the prize for their opera, Omar which is based on the autobiography of an enslaved Muslim man, Omar Ibn Said, who lived in South Carolina in the 19th century. The opera premiered in 2022.
