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: O’Hara, Robert
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‘Raisin in the Sun’ and ‘The Harder They Come’ Part of Public Theater Season
The New York Times – Film:
Two new works by Suzan-Lori Parks will be included in a season that delves into “relationships between Black and white America.”
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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.