Dialogues on Opera and the African-American Experience
Wallace McClain Cheatham
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Description for Dialogues on Opera and the African-American Experience
Hardback. Conversations with ten prominent African-American operatic artists. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC9; AVH; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Opera audiences around the world are swept away by the magnificent voices of African-American singers like Leontyne Price, Kathleen Battle, and Jessye Norman. But growth opportunities for African-American opera singers are comparatively recent. Thus, Cheatham's work is especially timely and relevant. He engages in conversations with ten prominent African-American operatic artists: Carmen deLavallade, Andrew Frierson, Everett Lee, Sylvia Olden Lee, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Benjamin Matthews, Wayne Sanders, George Shirley, Shirley Verrett, and William Warfield. In their conversations with Cheatham, these artists candidly discuss the uniqueness of being African-American within the operatic mainstream. They also articulate their inspiration, their dedication, ... Read more
Opera audiences around the world are swept away by the magnificent voices of African-American singers like Leontyne Price, Kathleen Battle, and Jessye Norman. But growth opportunities for African-American opera singers are comparatively recent. Thus, Cheatham's work is especially timely and relevant. He engages in conversations with ten prominent African-American operatic artists: Carmen deLavallade, Andrew Frierson, Everett Lee, Sylvia Olden Lee, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Benjamin Matthews, Wayne Sanders, George Shirley, Shirley Verrett, and William Warfield. In their conversations with Cheatham, these artists candidly discuss the uniqueness of being African-American within the operatic mainstream. They also articulate their inspiration, their dedication, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810831476
SKU
V9780810831476
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About Wallace McClain Cheatham
Wallace McClain Cheatham is a composer and music specialist at Elm Creative Arts School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has published articles in The Black Perspective on Music and Black Music Research Journal.
Reviews for Dialogues on Opera and the African-American Experience
African-American opera singers articulate their inspiration, dedication, and travails as they rose in the opera world.
Music Educators Journal
Cheatham breaks important new ground with his highly relevant, timely, and interesting contribution. It has much to offer toward an understanding of the black opera singer and the black vocal instrument. Further, no comprehension of the history of opera ... Read more
Music Educators Journal
Cheatham breaks important new ground with his highly relevant, timely, and interesting contribution. It has much to offer toward an understanding of the black opera singer and the black vocal instrument. Further, no comprehension of the history of opera ... Read more