Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled with a ...

African American opera tenor George Shirley reflects on his trailblazing music career. As one of the first African American operatic performers, renowned tenor and trailblazer George Shirley’s ...

When thinking about African American opera, “Porgy and Bess” immediately comes to mind. But that was written by George Gershwin, a white man. William Grant Still (1895-1978), a Black composer whose ...

Sally McKee, professor of history emerita at UC Davis, wrote a book, published in 2017, about a free African American man who was an accomplished composer and conductor. The opera she discovered in ...

After 138 years, what is thought to be the earliest existing opera by a Black American composer is finally getting its world premiere. A concert opera performance of Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane,” which is ...

Kick off Black History Month with an evening of powerful voices and extraordinary stories at the Bryant Library in Roslyn. Soprano and educator Tanisha Mitchell will present “Opera in Ebony: Tribute ...

Director Nataki Garrett discusses “The Central Park Five” opera coming to the Detroit Opera House. “The Central Park Five” opera brings a true story of racial injustice to the Detroit Opera stage. The ...

For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled with a collective sense the audience was about to witness history. They were ...