New Opera 'Blue' Takes On The Tragedy Of Police Brutality
The new opera by Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori tells the story of a couple in Harlem who are forced to confront their teenage son's sudden death by police violence.
by Jeff Lunden
Jul 21, 2019
2 minutes
Opera is an art form well-suited to big emotions and tragic stories, often set in the past. But a new opera, Blue, grapples with a more contemporary tragedy — the killing of an unarmed black man at the hands of a police officer.
premiered on July 14 at in New York state, where it
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