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Tazewell Thompson on placing family at the heart of Blue

Family is at the heart of director and librettist Tazewell Thompson's opera Blue. In this conversation, he discusses the work and what he hopes audiences will take away.

Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Tesori/Thompson's Blue

Blue is destined to become an American classic. Co-produced by Lyric, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Washington National Opera, the opera presents the moving story of ​​a Black middle-class family in Harlem whose hopes and dreams for their teenage son are shattered when he is shot by a white police officer. 

Zoie & Kenneth on bringing real life to the stage

Telling true stories are what makes Blue such a gripping, intimate piece. Inthis conversation with Zoie Reams and Kenneth Kellogg, hear what this opera means to them as they have gone on the journey of telling it from Workshop to the Lyric Opera stage.

 

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