"Morgaine," a forgotten opera written by Black composer in 1855, performed for the first time
"Morgiane" is believed to be the oldest existing opera written by a Black American, but it wasn't seen by audiences until 2025.
Deva Cassel, Julien De Saint Jean & Romain Duris Set For ‘Twilight'-Inspired, French ‘Phantom Of The Opera' Adaptation; SND Launching At EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Deva Cassel, Julien De Saint Jean and Romain Duris are set to co-star in a contemporary, French-language version ...
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He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...
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He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years
They were the first to hear composer Edmond Dédé’s opera “Morgiane” – the earliest ... original 19th century handwritten notes into modern musical notations. Patrick Dupre Quigley ...
Creating Carmen: Opera’s most famous femme fatale unmasked at Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
In partnership with music ensemble CarmenCo, theatre and music company The Telling presents a fun-filled music and theatre ...
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One of the Oldest Surviving Operas by a Black American Composer Will Be Performed for the First Time—138 Years After It Was Written
But in 1999—nearly 100 years after Dédé’s death—a French music collector ... written into the opera’s score, like the ophicleide, are no longer used by modern orchestras.
Creating Carmen: opera’s most famous femme fatale unmasked at Silsden Town Hall
In partnership with music ensemble CarmenCo, theatre and music company The Telling presents a fun-filled music and theatre show, Creating Carmen, by award-winning playwright Clare Norburn and ...