Keith Soltys · @ksoltys
31 followers · 434 posts · Server twit.socialToday's post is a collection of videos about Scott Joplin's "lost" opera, Treemonisha, which I saw performed in Toronto on Thursday. I bet you didn't know Joplin had written an opera. Neither did I, but I'm glad he did, and sorry he never got to see it performed.
https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/06/saturday-sounds-treemonisha-scott-joplin.html
#music #opera #scotjoplin #blackopera
Michele · @Shells
250 followers · 1033 posts · Server mastodon.world
#BlackHistoryMonth #blackmastodon #HBCUs #HBCUChoirs #105VoicesofHistory #BlackBritishOperaSingers #BlackOpera #music
https://youtu.be/Hz39lqrGcy4
https://youtu.be/Ghy7sYavIbw
#blackhistorymonth #blackmastodon #blackopera #music #HBCUs #blackbritishoperasingers #hbcuchoirs #105voicesofhistory
Kendra Preston Leonard · @kendraleonard
624 followers · 1057 posts · Server hcommons.social
“Black opera enters a golden age
Artists debut new works while scholars like Naomi André rediscover pieces long hidden in segregation’s shadows.” https://thewell.unc.edu/2023/02/06/black-opera-enters-a-golden-age/?fbclid=IwAR1_9Krbgxh-CLsTN0cPZjW7prXpbKWQd6pHd1Vqzs5-Ulere0h61U8MIJ0 #Opera #NewOpera #BlackOpera