[Harriet Tubman, Nkeiru Okoye, American Opera Projects]
The works of Nkeiru Okoye, Ph.D. have been featured on this blog for years. On May 7, 2011 AfriClassical posted: “Nkeiru Okoye's 'HARRIET TUBMAN - Coming June 12 to Galapagos Arts Space, Brooklyn, NY, 7pm.'” Today we received an AOP News release from American Opera Projects and Opera on Tap:
OPERA GROWS IN BROOKLYN:
OPERA OF COLOR
Give and Take, a chamber work for soprano (Malesha Jessie)
and ensemble, by jazz icon David N. Baker.
Soprano Adrienne Danrich performs excerpts from her new live-documentary
An Evening in the Harlem Renaissance, including the New York premiere of five songs composed by Drew Hemenger with poems by Langston Hughes.
Soprano Jasmine Muhammad is the legendary Underground Railroad conductor
in excerpts from composer Nkeiru Okoye's folk opera
Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom.
Sunday, June 12, 2011 - 7:00PM
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street (corner of Water St.)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
ADVANCE: $15 / DOOR: $20
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