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Can Lost 'Blues Opera' for All-Black Cast Debut Without Controversy? – Billboard

The lost 'Blues Opera' for an all-Black cast from Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer has been restored - can it be staged without controversy? ....

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A white librettist wrote an opera about Emmett Till – and some critics are calling for its cancellation

Many Black audiences are justifiably weary of works about their community told from white perspectives. But authorship isn’t always black and white. ....

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Petitions to cancel opera on Emmet Till at John Jay College

“Emmett Till, A New American Opera” opened at John Jay College’s Gerald W. Lynch Theatre on March 23, despite a petition with over 10,000 signatures circulating to cancel the show just few days before opening night. The opera was created by playwright Clare Coss, composed by Mary D. Watkins and conducted by Tania León. Based. ....

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WTH? Playwright Centers Fictional White Woman In Opera Based On Emmett Till's Death

White librettist Clare Coss thought it was a good idea to produce an opera based on Emmett Till's life. It will center a fictional white woman. ....

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'We Don't Need This from the POV of a White Person': Opera Based on the Murder of Emmett Till Gets Pushback Because It Is Told Through the Eyes of a Fictional White Character

The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till will be the subject of a new opera set to debut this spring. Many people are upset about the production, ....

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