Hungry trickster characters dominate two John Duffy Institute for New Opera short pieces presented by the Virginia Arts Festival on June 3 and 5 at Attucks Theatre. One piece, “Bre’r Rabbit (from Tales from the Briar Patch)" was too good and too short, the other "Companionship" needed to end more quickly. 33 in. Handout art. Laws/Watson
University of Kentucky opera alumni are helping the Metropolitan Opera make history with the staging of its first opera by a Black composer, Terrance Blanchard's adaptation of “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.”