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OperaCréole brings lost opera pieces by Black composers to American stages

OperaCréole brings lost opera pieces by Black composers to American stages

Once banned from opera houses during the Jim Crow era, rarely-seen works by American composers of color are finally gracing U.S. stages, thanks to two New Orleans-based mezzo-sopranos. In collaboration with Opera Lafayette, OperaCréole plans to stage the full 550-page production of Edmond Dédé’s Morgiane, believed to be the first full opera composed by a Black American and a piece …

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