After 138 years, what is thought to be the earliest existing opera by a Black American composer is finally getting its world premiere. A concert opera performance of Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane,” which is ...
NAPLES, Italy (AP) — At long last, vindication has arrived for an Oscar-winning composer who sought to prove he was just as capable of breathing life into Italy’s grand theaters as into gritty ...
New Orleans is on the cusp of making musical history. A never-before-performed opera composed by a free man of color 138 years ago will finally stage its long-overdue world premiere Thursday, Jan. 23, ...