Two new operas focus on the Black female experience

Two short operas that got their premieres at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. feature Black female protagonists.

Jan 14, 2025 - 18:13
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Two new operas focus on the Black female experience
Librettist Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton (center) narrates <em>Future of Dreams</em>, an opera composed by Jaylin Vinson about two Black women running for mayor of Houston in 2064.

Two short operas that got their premieres at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. feature Black female protagonists.

(Image credit: Courtesy John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)

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