Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera Poetry_Gift_Guide American Library Association 2021 Rainbow

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Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera Poetry_Gift_Guide American Library Association 2021 RainbowA revelatory new account of Black innovation in American opera, showing how composers, performers, and critics redefined the genre both aesthetically and politically in the early twentieth century. The inauguration of a golden age in Black opera is often dated to 1955, when Marian Anderson became the first Black singer to perform in a leading role at New Yorks Metropolitan Opera. Yet Andersons debut was actually preceded by a rich Black operatic