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 of a necessity to develop talent often overlooked, the ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — This Black History Month, I'm taking a look at Black voices in opera. They've long faced a difficult path to inclusion, and are still underrepresented to this day. I sat down with a ...

Cincinnati Opera has announced that it has revised the timeline for The Black Opera Project, the company’s groundbreaking, three-opera commissioning initiative that engages Black creators to develop ...

We speak with the creators behind Cincinnati Opera’s Black Opera Project, an innovative three-opera development initiative that showcases the Black American experience. Hearst Television participates ...

Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the forgotten heyday of... After 138 years, a Black composer's magnum opus finds ...

I've spent much of my life as the only Black person in the room. I've spent much of my young life not seeing myself reflected on television, in movies, in history books, in dolls or other toys, at ...

A repeated phrase in the opera “dwb” (driving while Black) is, “You are not who they see.” Susan Kander, the composer of the opera, describes it as the mantra of a Black mother knowing her son, who is ...

Opera Philadelphia is presenting a powerful performance, making it's Philadelphia premiere at the Miller Theater, that uses a ...

Sally McKee, professor of history emerita at UC Davis, wrote a book, published in 2017, about a free African American man who was an accomplished composer and conductor. The opera she discovered in ...

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