The new opera by Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori tells the story of a couple in Harlem who are forced to confront their teenage son's sudden... New Opera 'Blue' Takes On The Tragedy Of Police ...

As The Glimmerglass Festival prepares to open its 2018 season, the Cooperstown-based opera and musical theater company has announced programming for 2019. The 2019 Glimmerglass Festival will include ...

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Michigan Opera Theatre is tackling the hot-button issues of police brutality and race, as well as the eternal subjects of family, love, and grief in “Blue,” a new American opera running Saturday and ...

Seattle Opera continues its 2021/22 season with a dynamic lineup of opera events, including community conversations, artist recitals, laser shows, and a timely and award-winning opera. Leading the ...

SEATTLE — "Blue" is a critique of police brutality against the black community, but most of all, it's a story about a happy family and how a tragedy could change them completely. The title, "Blue", is ...

In a work that echoes tragic stories from the daily news, the New Orleans Opera will present “Blue,” a two-act, English-language opera with an all-Black cast. Composed by Tony Award-winner Jeanine ...

In rehearsal at Lyric Opera of Chicago for my two-act work, “Blue.” I had gone to bed on election night with a mixed sense of hope and dread and woke up Wednesday morning with a deep sense of grief, ...

As the lights dim at the beginning of the 2019 opera “Blue,” running through March 12 at Seattle Opera, a wash of blue light covers the audience, and alongside it, a sweeping feeling of dread. There’s ...

When bass Ken Kellogg was in rehearsals for the 2019 premiere of the opera “Blue,” the composer, Jeanine Tesori, cautioned him that the experience would be unlike other operas. “She said, ‘You know, ...