Out of the Vault: Edmond Dédé’s Morgiane

Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, United States.

See the manuscript of Morgiane, the first known opera by a Black American composer, on display in the Folger’s Out of the Vault exhibition January 13 – February 28. The manuscript is on loan from Houghton Library, Harvard University. Gallery at Folger: Robin and Roger Millay Gallery in the Stuart and Mimi Rose Rare Book and Manuscript Exhibition Hall at […]

Cost: $10

Panel Discussion: “The Road to Restoration”

8:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. | Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, United States.

Opera Lafayette’s Patrick Dupre Quigley and OperaCréole’s Givonna Joseph discuss Edmond Dédé’s Morgiane, the first known opera written by a Black American.