They were the first to hear composer Edmond Dédé’s opera “Morgiane” – the earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American – more than century after he composed the opus.

Edmond Dédé’s ... Houghton Library, Harvard University He adds: “What is different, is carrying and reclaiming the legacy of a Black American that was denied the opportunity,” Kellogg ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American, is to be staged for the first time.

After 138 years, what is thought to be the earliest existing opera by a Black American composer is finally getting its world premiere. A concert opera performance of Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane ...

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With the world premiere of a 138-year-old opera by composer Edmond Dédé — a freeborn ... Lafayette aims to fill a significant gap in how American ears hear New Orleans. A co-production of ...

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