The Road We Came New York 2021 Kenneth Overton
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Road We Came
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: New York City
- Recorded: 2021
- Type: Movie
- Singers: Kenneth Overton
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Kevin J. Miller, PIANO
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer: Jessica Jahn
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Helioarts
- Date Published: 20221
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: Helioarts FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Road We Came is a new opera- and song-based project that explores the composers, musicians and places that define the rich Black history of New York City through a series of self-guided, musical walking tours.
Celebrating a collection of never-recorded and seemingly lost classical compositions by Black composers, The Road We Came uses filmed musical performances and spoken narration to connect audiences to the musical timeline of Harlem, Midtown/Hell’s Kitchen and lower Manhattan. From the home and texts of the prolific poet Langston Hughes, to Lincoln Center, to the African Burial Ground National Monument, and beyond, The Road We Came opens windows to the past and re-frames the present. The Road We Came is a multi-media collaboration between On Site Opera, Ryan & Tonya McKinny’s Keep the Music Going Productions, award-winning biographer and Harlem historian Eric K. Washington, and critically acclaimed baritone, Kenneth Overton, who was the featured soloist of the tours.
EPISODES:
African Burial Ground
Underground Railroad Station
Cooper Union / Wannamaker’s Department Store
Union Square / Former Colored School No. 4
Lincoln Center
Carnegie Hall
Silent Protest
Music School Settlement
Langston Hughes House
New Amsterdam Musical Association
Strivers Row