American Opera Projects: 'Our Black Ops program is not so hush-hush'; Nkeiru Okoye's 'HARRIET TUBMAN'

[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

http://www.galapagosartspace.com

ADVANCE: $15 / DOOR: $20

http://www.operaprojects.org / http://www.operaontap.com

Nkeiru Okoye's 'HARRIET TUBMAN - Coming June 12 to Galapagos Arts Space, Brooklyn, NY, 7pm'

[Nkeiru Okoye, Harriet Tubman]

AfriClassical has written about Dr. Nkeiru Okoye (b. 1975), http://www.NkeiruOkoye.com, a number of times over the past three years. She describes herself on her home page as: "A native New Yorker of African American and Nigerian descent." Today we received this message from Dr. Nkeiru Okoye:

“Excerpts of my HARRIET TUBMAN will be performed June 12th on a program featuring theatrical works by and about African Americans. For information, please visit http://www.operaprojects.org/operagrowsinbrooklyn/
events/June2011.html”

OperaProjects.org

"Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom

Composer Nkeiru Okoye presents excerpts from her two-act folk opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom. Harriet Tubman tells the story of the legendary Underground Railroad engineer as she grows from a girl born in slavery into the woman who would lead more than 70 people to freedom. Based on recent Tubman biographies, the story encompasses the universal themes of sisterhood, courage, sacrifice and family bonds. Harriet Tubman showcases Okoye’s penchant for infusing popular and non-Western influences in a ‘classical’ framework. http://harriettubmanopera.com/"