Charles Blow recalls being in the audience at the premiere of the opera based on his memoir, “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” and watching the scene that depicts his sexual abuse as a child by an older ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, in its 138-year history, the Metropolitan Opera in New York has never hosted a performance by black composer until now. The pandemic close The Met for a year-and-a-half. And ...

The composer's original manuscript was found in 2020. The earliest known opera composed by a Black American will finally, officially hit the stage this week after a preview performance in New Orleans.