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African American opera company in New York City
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Opera Ebony is an African-American opera company that has performed in a wide variety of programs and venues, ranging from Mozart in Harlem to African-American Heritage concerts in Iceland to Gershwin in Moscow to Duke Ellington in the Caribbean.

African-American opera stars that were trained by Opera Ebony or have performed with the company include sopranos Marvis Martin, Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle; baritone Lawrence Craig; and conductors Leslie Dunner, Everett Lee and Tania León.

References

  1. "Opera Ebony home page". Opera Ebony. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. Richardson, Clem. "Opera Ebony, an icon of African-American operatic talent, celebrates its 40th anniversary this season". Daily News. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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