He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after ...
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...
Found: A Manuscript That Unlocks a Forgotten Black Composer’s World
Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American ...
After 138 years, Black American opera composer Edmond Dédé‘s masterpiece makes its debut
After 138 years, a lost opera by the Black American composer Edmond Dédé finally gets its world premiere — and a performance ...
The Daily Beacon17 小时
Review: Knoxville Opera’s production of “La Bohème” by Giacomo Puccini
On Jan. 31, the Knoxville Opera put on the first of two performances of “La Bohème,” a timeless Italian libretto set in ...
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Old City Archeologist, Composer Brings 19th-Century Murdered Woman’s Story to Life in New ...
Old City composer and amateur archeologist Melissa Dunphy has composed a new opera, Alice Tierney, inspired by the story of a 19th-century woman whose murder at her home has remained unsolved for ...
NOLA.com13 天
After a 10-year quest, OperaCreole will sing a long-lost opera. How to experience 'Morgiane.'
The version of the opera being performed in New Orleans is being scaled down to 65 minutes with no intermission. The full ...
New York Classical Review4 天
Opera Lafayette to premiere oldest known opera by black American composer
Givonna Joseph, a mezzo-soprano who founded Opera Créole with her daughter in 2011, first encountered Morgiane in 2014 when a ...