Opera
In July 2022, I reviewed Fierce for I CARE IF YOU LISTEN. The commission by Cincinnati Opera featured music by William Menefield and a libretto by novelist Sheila Williams, centered on the worries and dreams of four teen girls prepping their college entrance essays. It was a very non-opera story – or more accurately, a story […]
(FOX40.COM) — Following the mass migration of the Gold Rush in the early 1850s, an African American New York barber, his wife, and two children made the 3,000-mile journey west to strike a figurative gold of their own. Finding themselves in Sacramento, Samuel B. Hyers set up shop in the future capital city as his […]
(FOX40.COM) — Following the mass migration of the Gold Rush in the early 1850s, an African American New York barber, his wife, and two children made the 3,000-mile journey west to strike a figurative gold of their own. Finding themselves in Sacramento, Samuel B. Hyers set up shop in the future capital city as his […]
OperaCréole brings lost opera pieces by Black composers to American stages NBC News Source link
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 23 (Reuters) – South African anti-apartheid and gay activist Simon Nkoli, who organised Africa’s first Pride march in 1990, died 25 years ago but a group of artists inspired by him are determined to keep his legacy alive in an opera celebrating his life. “Vogue Opera” – a mix of classical music, hip-hop, […]
In a theater at the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan one recent afternoon, a rehearsal for the coming opera “Intelligence,” about Civil War-era spies, was about to begin. But as the stage lights came on and the music blared, there were no singers in sight. Instead, six dancers from Urban Bush Women, a dance troupe in […]
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Scott Joplin earned the nickname king of ragtime in large part from musical innovations he made while living and working in St. Louis in the early 20th century. His heavily syncopated compositions, known as rags, paved the way for much American music to come. His work in the field of opera is lesser known. Joplin’s […]
Prompted by the Getty Museum Challenge—which involved using household items to restage famous paintings on social media during Covid-19 lockdowns—the renowned UK opera singer Peter Brathwaite began researching more than 100 works of art featuring Black sitters. The works, presented in Rediscovering Black Portraiture where they are re-created by Brathwaite, span antiquity to the present, […]
Benjamin Matthews, one of the founders of Opera Ebony. Opera Ebony hide caption toggle caption Opera Ebony Benjamin Matthews, one of the founders of Opera Ebony. Opera Ebony For half a century, Opera Ebony has been one of the guiding lights for Black performers looking to make their mark on the opera world. Born out […]