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Jul 16, 2020 · Opera companies can start by simply paying attention to what Black artists are saying in discussions like the one organized by Ms. Bridges, or in online talk shows such as Mr. Brownlee’s “The ...
• 113 opera companies in the US were sent Black Opera Alliance’s “Pledge for Racial Equity and Systemic Change in Opera.” (The Pledge) • 48% of US opera companies have responded “Yes” to The Pledge and 1% has responded “No.” • 23% of opera companies who received data workbooks detailing artistic hires
Jul 9, 2019 · Opera companies around the world are grappling with an ever-widening gap between a repertoire frozen in time and an increasingly critical audience. Opera is stuck in a racist, sexist past, while ...
- Caitlin Vincent
Eric Owens, as Porgy, in “Porgy and Bess,” in New York, Sept. 12, 2019. “The opera opened the Metropolitan Opera’s most recent season, featured an almost exclusively Black cast but was directed and conducted by white men — an example of how the art form has historically elevated some singers of color while remaining overwhelmingly white offstage,” writes New York Times critic ...
White opera professionals respond differently to Black artists practicing Blacktivism than they do to Black administrators practicing Blacktivism. BAO’s letter stated that “the industry calls on our stories and experiences, creativity, communities, expertise, and networks without ceding power, demonstrating a reluctance to progress beyond a White-centered approach to opera.”
Feb 25, 2022 · The intensification of IBPOC (Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour) activism at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt to business-as-usual in classical music has prompted many to pause and reflect on the leadership and governance structures of the Canadian opera industry, the repertoire that is performed and how it is performed, and the artists who perform it and how they are ...
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Jan 27, 2021 · We spoke with seven of them. From left, Avery Boettcher, Olivia Johnson and Kaswanna Kanyinda in Michigan Opera Theater’s “Twilight: Gods,” a production that engaged local artists in Detroit ...
