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, ...

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 ...

Tenor Travon D. Walker is no stranger to local stages. The 25-year-old is a second-year ensemble member of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center, which trains the next generation of star singers. The Lyric ...

Opera companies are keeping up the momentum for new pieces and conversations. Lincoln Center announced the lineup for its summer Mostly Mozart Festival, featuring a timely opera, "Blue," on March 12.

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, ...

An unarmed African-American teenager is shot and killed by a white police officer at a protest. It’s a story that would sound sadly familiar on the evening news. It’s probably not one you’d expect to ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Covid-19 cancellations rippled through the Washington arts scene in March, one big loss was the Washington National Opera’s highly anticipated Blue. Written by Tazewell Thompson with music by ...

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ROME — Soprano Angel Blue says she won’t perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in the staging of a different work this summer on the same stage. The U.S. singer, who grew ...