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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

The Pressure Of Being The First One. The Dreams of a Nigerian Violinist and Florence Price. 

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Rosalyn Aninyei  is doing her best to create and maintain a world class orchestra in her home country of Nigeria.  Florence Price is getting the festival treatment at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.  Blake-Anthony Johnson talks about his path to become the first African American to be the CEO of a world-renowned orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta.

There’s a new album of music by Florence Price and William Dawson via the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Here’s a link to the Margaret Bonds Symposium at Queens University in  Charlotte, North Carolina.