Aïda's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera
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Producer: David McCarthy
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Associate Producer: Anu Krishnan
Writer: John Ardoin
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Technical Director: Brian Lee
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About the Writer
John Ardoin is former music critic of the Dallas Morning News and
has been music consultant for GREAT PERFORMANCES for 20 years, as
well as a writer for many of its presentations. He is author of
six books, including THE CALLAS LEGACY, CALLAS AT JUILLIARD, THE
STAGES OF MENOTTI, and THE FURTWAENGLER RECORD.
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Composition of Image
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Special appearance of Opera Ebony members:
Aïda: GERALDINE MCMILLIAN
Commere: LORI BROWN MIRABAL
Compere: BEN MATTHEWS
Crown: MARVIN LOWE
Monostatos: ANTHONY TURNER
Papageno: ELIAS MOKOLE
Parson Alltalk: WILLIAM MARSHALL
Treemonisha: RENAY PETERS
Musical Director: WAYNE SANDERS
Otello: AUBRY BRYAN
Selica: CAROLYN SEBRON
We want to thank our interview partners, archives, and especially:
Wayne Barett, Martin Bernheimer, Kevin Bradley, Leontyne Price, Derek Lee Ragin, James Spandiffer, Ronald Wilford, Stefan Zucker, Manhattransfer, 6th Mount Zion Baptist Church, Richmond, VA,
Stadtische Musikbibliothek Munchen, and Verein der Freunde des Pollinger Bibliothekssaales.
Extracts from:
Marian Anderson
The WPA Film Library
Anne Brown
"Porgy and Bess"
Warner Brothers, 1945
Grace Bumbry
"Aïda"
Bavaria, 1966
Simon Estes
"Der fliegende Holländer"
Unitel, 1985
Reri Grist
"Ariadne auf Naxos"
ORF, 1965
"Un ballo in maschera"
Euroarts, 1975
Barbara Hendricks
"Die Schone Mullerin"
"Give Me Jesus"
Pars Media, 1999
Jessye Norman
"Mozart aus Salzburg"
ORF/Salzburger Festspiele, 1989
Leontyne Price
"Aïda"
Warner, 1995
"Freischütz"
BR, 1968
"Adriana Lecouvreur"
Thirteen/WNET New York, 1982
Shirley Verrett
"Samson et Dalila"
San Francisco Opera/RM Associates 1981
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