Blackness in Opera Andre Bryan Saylor Ramsey Delius Still Shirley Boyd Brown De

Blackness in OperaAuthor(s): Naomi Andr, Karen M. Bryan, Eric Saylor, Guthrie Ramsey, Frederick Delius, William Grant Still, George Shirley, Naomi Andr, Melinda Boyd, Gwynne Kuhner Brown\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252036781, 978-0252036781\nSynopsis\nBlackness in Opera critically examines the intersections of race and music in the multifaceted genre of opera. A diverse cross-section of scholars places well-known operas (Porgy and Bess, Aida, Treemonisha) alongside lesser-known works such as Frederick Delius's Koanga, William Grant Still's Blue Steel, and Clarence Cameron White's Ouanga! to reveal a new historical context for re-imagining race and blackness in opera. The volume brings a wide-ranging, theoretically informed, interdisciplinary approach to questions about how blackness has been represented in these operas, issues surrounding characterization of blacks, interpretation of ra.