Edmond Dédé's 1887 magnum opus "Morgiane"—billed as "the most important opera never heard"—will finally get its premiere ...
After 138 years, a lost opera by the Black American composer Edmond Dédé finally gets its world premiere — and a performance ...
Edmond Dédé’s 'Morgiane'" in four cities across the U.S. including New Orleans, Washington, DC, New York City, and College ...
Morgiane, ou Le Sultan d’Ispahan, a grand opera composed in 1887 by Edmond Dédé, a black, free-born New Orleans native based ...
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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, ...
Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American ...
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The earliest-known, full-length opera by a Black American composer, New Orleans' own Edmond Dédé, will be performed for the ...
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According to Joseph, “Morgiane” is likely the first four-act opera written by a Black American composer. Dédé was born and ...