Opera Grows in Brooklyn: Opera of Color
About the Show
Opera Grows in Brooklyn: Opera of Color features a collection of contemporary opera and song from African Americans, in the next installment of Opera Grows in Brooklyn. The evening will feature Give and Take, a chamber work by jazz icon David N. Baker; songs from soprano Adrienne Danrich’s new live-documentary An Evening in the Harlem Renaissance, including the New York premiere of five songs by Drew Hemenger with poems by Langston Hughes; and excerpts from Nkeiru Okoye’s folk opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom.
