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Opera Theatre of St. Louis will present three short operas, all by artists of color who’ve worked largely outside the opera world. The works address the roots of Black, queer ballroom culture; three important inventors who were Black women, and the Supreme Court battle over a rock band’s attempt to reappropriate a racial slur.
“They kept asking us, ‘Why do you get to decide what the operas are? How come we never get to decide?’” recalls an Opera Theatre St. Louis director. Now, they do.
Opera Theatre of St. Louis will produce three short operas by artists of color who seek to expand the boundaries of American opera by incorporating new sounds and stories. A community panel of artists, most of whom work outside the opera field, selected the pieces.
The festival concludes with a series of encore performances on June 18.
Theater Critic Byron Woods' Picks From UNC's Process Series Storytelling Festival The Process Series | Wednesday, Feb. 17 â Sunday, Feb. 21 | $5 suggested donation per show All performances will be streamed as a webinar on Zoom. You can read Byron Wood's feature on "Remembrance and Renewal" storytellers Kaya Littleturtle and Dovie Thomason here. What We Keep Keeps Us Jaki Shelton Green | 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 17 The oddest things can become heirlooms: a sewing kit, a toolbox, a favored rolling pin. In the festival opener by the stateâs poet laureate, a family artifa...