He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...
After 138 years, Black American opera composer Edmond Dédé‘s masterpiece makes its debut
After 138 years, a lost opera by the Black American composer Edmond Dédé finally gets its world premiere — and a performance ...
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One of the Oldest Surviving Operas by a Black American Composer Will Be Performed for the First Time—138 Years After It Was Written
Edmond Dédé's 1887 magnum opus "Morgiane"—billed as "the most important opera never heard"—will finally get its premiere ...
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After 138 years, a Black composer’s magnum opus finds a stage
Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the ...
Found: A Manuscript That Unlocks a Forgotten Black Composer’s World
Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American ...
First Opera Created By A Black Composer To Officially Debut Nearly 140 Years Later
Edmond Dédé composed Morgiane 138 years ago, but his racial identity prevented the opera from receiving proper staging.
The Music of Edmond Dédé: A free-born Creole of color from New Orleans
Dédé was a New Orleans-born free creole of color, who composed music in the 1800s. He was born in 1827 and baptized in 1828, ...
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He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years
They were the first to hear composer Edmond Dédé’s opera “Morgiane” – the earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American – more than century after he composed the opus.