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Thanks to Opera Lafayette, a 19th-century Black opera comes to life for the first time

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. D.C.’s Opera Lafayette is about to bring the city a ...
NOLA.com

Lost opera from New Orleans-born Black composer will premiere 138 years after completion

New Orleanians Givonna Joseph and Patrick Quigley were guests of honor Wednesday at a small gathering on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The wine flowed. The caviar was as salty as ever. And singer ...
NOLA.com

Free concert celebrates 19th century Creole composers at New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral

A year ago, New Orleans-born 19th century composer Edmond Dédé was the star of the annual Musical Louisiana: America’s Cultural Heritage concert, a collaboration between the Historic New Orleans ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

'Hellish repetition' makes the 19th-century opera 'Orpheus In The Underworld' fun — and scary

Here's why the 19th-century French comic opera and its famous can-can music is perfect music for Halloween 2021. 'Hellish repetition' makes the 19th-century opera 'Orpheus In The Underworld' fun — and ...
Capital Public Radio

Great Composers Chamber Music Series premieres 11th season with a tale of two 19th century heroines

Cellist Susan Lamb Cook started the Great Composers Chamber Music Series at a time when the need for music performance was paramount in Sacramento. The Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera had taken the ...