Auteur: Naomi Andre

From classic films like Carmen Jones to contemporary works like The Diary of Sally Hemings and U-Carmen e Khayelitsa, American and South African artists and composers have used opera to reclaim black …

Blackness in Opera critically examines the intersections of race and music in the multifaceted genre of opera. A diverse cross-section of scholars places well-known operas (Porgy and Bess, Aida, Tree …