The New York Times – Music:
“X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” from 1986, receives its grandest treatment yet, in a production expected to play on opera stages from coast to coast.
Category: Abdullah, Kazem (1979- )
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Review: In Chicago, an Opera Triptych Reaches for Connection
The New York Times – Music:
Lyric Opera of Chicago follows a recent world premiere with yet another: “Proximity,” a set of works by three librettist-composer pairs.
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Review: ‘Castor and Patience’ Premieres at Cincinnati Opera
The New York Times – Music:
“Castor and Patience,” a work by Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith with an intense yet relaxed score, premieres at Cincinnati Opera.
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Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future
The New York Times – Music:
Anthony Davis’s “X” has stretches of incantation that, in person, turn it into something like a sacred rite.
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‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due
The New York Times – Music:
With a new production of Anthony Davis’s pathbreaking Malcolm X opera opening in Detroit, we are on the cusp of a broader reappraisal of his work.