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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Q & A: Soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams on Edmond Dédé’s Opera ‘Morgiane’
Edmond Dédé’s 'Morgiane'" in four cities across the U.S. including New Orleans, Washington, DC, New York City, and College ...
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Opera Lafayette to premiere oldest known opera by black American composer
Givonna Joseph, a mezzo-soprano who founded Opera Créole with her daughter in 2011, first encountered Morgiane in 2014 when a ...
First responders respond to scene of Gretna gas leak
A portion of Gretna, around Belle Chase Highway and 25th Street, was evacuated due to a gas leak on Thursday, Jan. 30.
Second Harvest’s new mobile market makes Jefferson Parish debut
With the help of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, local agencies embarked on more than 500 infrastructure projects to get the city of New Orleans ready for Super Bowl LIX ...