FULL Black Voices in American Opera Documentary San Francisco 2024 Simon Estes, Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Lawrence Brownlee, Denyce Graves, Jessye Norman

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Black Voices in American Opera  
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various  
• Venue & Opera Company: San Francisco Public Library  
• Recorded: 2024
• Type: Other
• Singers: Simon Estes, Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Lawrence Brownlee, Denyce Graves, Jessye Norman, Shirley Verrett, Robert McFerrin, Camilla Williams
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• Orchestra:
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: San Francisco Public Library  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Educational Content Curator, Cole Thomason-Redus, presents a historical and musical survey of Black voices in American opera. Thomason-Redus will explore the careers and recordings of pioneers such as Camilla Williams, Simon Estes and Marian Anderson, and mid-century superstars such as Leontyne Price, along with other modern-day masters of the American opera stage. In addition to celebrating these iconic voices, we will discuss the institutional and social barriers that have often existed within the art form, and the corrective and equity-based efforts being taken today as San Francisco Opera paves the way for a new century of opera in America.