Ruby Elzy News
American opera singer (1908-1943)
- soprano
- United States of America
- actor, opera singer
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2024-04-22
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2018-10-30 00:37:00
OperaCréole's original Tricentennial production of Les Lions de la Reconstruction a Great Success
[…] Trevigne Kayla Lewis, as Mademoiselle Georges Micah Turner, as Captain Andre Cailloux and Babba Keturah Heard, as Zizi Joy Meade, as Sylvie Leflet Special Guests: Zella Palmer, Cree Merriman Jourdain, Jari Honora, Mark Roudané VIP Talk by Barbara Trevigne, great-great niece of Paul Trevigne and Mark Roudané, great-great grandson of Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez Steven Edwards, conductor Dr. Wilfred Delphin, piano Sultana Isham, and Jeff Wilson, strings Dr. Marcus St. Julien, organ Lula Elzy, choreographer Givonna Joseph, Staging Director Aria Mason, Production Director Until the lion tells his story, history will always glorify the hunter....African Proverb We are ready to take it on tour!! Help us to continue our work. A monthly donation of $5.00 will go a long way!! https://www.patreon.com/operacreole Thank you Givonna OperaCréole www.operacreole.org Givonna JosephCo-Founder, Artistic Director Aria Mason Co-Founder, Production Director
2018-08-25 07:17:52
Popular tunes, segregation & pioneers: Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
[…] to sing with a major American opera company, and the first black person to sing with an otherwise all-white cast. when he sang Tonio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci with New York City Opera. (The first black singer to perform at the Met would be Marian Anderson in 1955). Anne Brown (1912-2009) who sang Bess was admitted to the Juilliard School when she was just 16 and was the first African-American vocalist to attend there, and Ruby Elzy (1908-1943) who sang Serena also attended the Juilliard. John W Bubbles (1902-1986), the vaudeville artist who played Sportin' Life, was a major tap innovator and taught tap to Fred Astaire. I should also mention another real ground breaker, not in the Porgy and Bess cast, Camilla Williams who sang the title role in Puccini's Madama Butterfly with New York City Opera in 1946.Nowadays, Gershwin's opera is more common with opera companies and is one […]
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