Smithsonian Magazine1d
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 ...
WMUK2d
Pianist Carl Witt offers a "fine meal" of Mozart
"I think of Mozart as a fine meal, prepared with organically grown ingredients, slow-cooked at someone's home, people ...
The Classical Review2d
Opera Lafayette to premiere oldest known opera by black American composer
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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A 1,000-Year-Old Lost Book Belonging To A Princess Who Fled England Was Recovered In The Netherlands
A 1,000-year-old manuscript has been missing for centuries, and fragments of it have finally been recovered. The lost ...
The Lost Music of Auschwitz: How a British composer brought hidden Holocaust symphonies to life
Geyer, 33, first came across the lost archive when he was commissioned to write a composition in memory of Sir Martin Gilbert ...