Sunday, June 3, 2018

BLO.org: Castle of Our Skins: Crossing the Line to Freedom, 6 PM June 7, Boston


Crossing the Line to Freedom: A Musical Narrative
Thursday, June 7 | 6PM 


Third in a series of three performances


Boston Public Library West End Branch


Free and open to the public


BLO and Castle of our Skins join forces to showcase the lives and stories of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., and Paul Robeson through the music of opera. Paired with spoken word, art song, spirituals and history, their lives — and those of other legendary liberators — take center stage.


Featuring the music of composers such as Nkeiru Okoye, Adolphus Hailstork, Dorothy Rudd Moore, and Undine Smith Moore.

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