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Expanding The Opera Canon With THE MANY DEATHS OF LAILA STARR

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The Many Deaths Of Laila Starr is historic.  It’s one of the few operas covering South Asian themes.  It centers on Laila Starr, the Avatar of Death living as a mortal in Mumbai, India.

It was created by composer Kamala Sankaram, and the librettist, Minita Gandhi via The New Works Initiative at the Minnesota Opera.

Hear how their backgrounds, talents and curiosity shaped The Many Deaths of Laila Starr.

Here are links to:

The One Ounce Opera Call for Composers
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on free Met Opera Tickets

Here Be Monsters 2026

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Hundreds of people are expected to  voluntarily step outside of their musical genre mode this weekend and hear something new, and different and maybe even odd.

It’s time for the annual HERE BE MONSTERS, Austin’s Indie-Classical music festival. 

Co-director Michael Zapruder of Tetractys says this is a growing movement within the classical or near classical genre of new music.

Here are links to some of the stories mentioned in the Classical Music In Colors podcast. 

The Black Declaration of Independence

The Het Concertgebouw’s Festival Mind the Gap!

The Chicago Sinfonietta

Nina Simone and Samuel Waymon Music Scholarship Fund