Tag: opera

Posted in Music Slavery

Opera “Omar” on Slavery Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music

 Author: admin  Published Date: May 10, 2023

The Pulitzer Prize for Music was awarded earlier this week to the new opera  Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels. The opera tells the…

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Posted in Civil War Memory of Reconstruction

Opera Review: “Crossing”-Opera Based on Walt Whitman’s Civil War Writings

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: August 26, 2020

I reviewed this opera in 2017 and I reprint it here. I wonder when the next time will be that I can attend the opera…

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