He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...
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One of the Oldest Surviving Operas by a Black American Composer Will Be Performed for the First Time—138 Years After It Was Written
Edmond Dédé's 1887 magnum opus "Morgiane"—billed as "the most important opera never heard"—will finally get its premiere ...
First Opera Created By A Black Composer To Officially Debut Nearly 140 Years Later
Edmond Dédé composed Morgiane 138 years ago, but his racial identity prevented the opera from receiving proper staging.
In case you didn’t hear, classical artists also won a bunch of Grammys
Gabriela Ortiz, the Crossing, Víkingur Ólafsson and Karen Slack are among this year’s cohort of Grammy-winning classical ...
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First exhibition on North Carolina founder of the National Negro Opera Company closing soon
The first-ever exhibition on Madison, North Carolina native and classical music trailblazer Mary Cardwell Dawson will close ...
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Forgotten for 138 years, a Black composer's magnum opus finds a stage
Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the ...
Review: Two Operas Come Knocking on the Canon’s Door
Rarities that deserve their place in opera returned to stages last week: “Die Tote Stadt,” in Boston, and “L’Amant Anonyme,” ...
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Q&A with ‘Alcina’ conductor Marzio Conti
Maestro Marzio Conti, the “unofficial" principal guest conductor at the Jacobs School of Music, sat down with the Indiana ...
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Tucson classical music sees biggest post-pandemic audiences
Audiences pack the halls for Arizona Opera, Tucson Symphony and Southern Arizona Symphony; organizers say it's the biggest ...
The Dallas Opera’s radical imagining of Gluck’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’
It’s one of the most oft retold stories of Greek mythology. The beautiful Eurydice, beloved of the musician Orpheus, dies and ...