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Posted in Music Slavery

Opera “Omar” on Slavery Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music

 Author: admin  Published Date: May 10, 2023  Leave a Comment on Opera “Omar” on Slavery Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music

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

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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