Omar Najmi is an alumnus of Boston Lyric Opera’s Jane and Steven Akin Emerging Artist program, where he served for three seasons as a tenor, and is returning as BLO’s first Emerging Artist composer this season. Omar made his compositional debut in 2019 with the world-premiere workshop performance of his opera, En la ardiente oscuridad , which was made possible by the generous support of The Boston Foundation and is scheduled to be produced at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice in 2021. Omar is currently working on his newest opera, This is not that dawn, about the 1947 Partition of India. As a performer, Omar’s particular passion for new music has led him to several collaborations with living composers. He looks forward to creating the title role in the world premiere of Joseph Summer’s Hamlet with Bulgaria’s Ruse Opera in 2021. Omar continues to perform regularly with the Boston Lyric Opera where he has recently appeared as Nick in The Handmaid’s Tale, Flavio in Norma, Beppe in Pagliacci, and Vanya Kudrjas in Katya Kabanova. Omar made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2018 as the tenor soloist in Mark Hayes’ “Gloria” and returned as a featured soloist in Talents of the World Inc.’s Caruso Tribute Concert and as the tenor soloist in Dan Forrest’s “Requiem for the Living” with Mid America Productions. For more information, visit www.omarnajmi.com.