Briana Hunter, Kenneth Kellogg, Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera Orchestra – Jeanine Tesori: Blue (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:01:41 minutes | 4,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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Washington National Opera presents Blue, a contemporary opera about racism in the United States today, with a libretto by Tazewell Thompson and music by Jeanine Tesori. Blue tells the tragic story of an African-American police officer whose son is killed by a fellow officer during a demonstration. The play, which strongly alludes to the Black Lives Matter movement, is equally groundbreaking on the opera stage thanks to its intimate and multi-layered portrayal of African American family life
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