Discographer Henry Sapoznik tracks down record by international Yiddish-language performer Thomas LaRue, and slips into a rabbit hole of Black Jewish history. Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/yiddisher-black-cantors-from-100-years-ago-rediscovered-thanks-to-rare-recording/?fbclid=IwAR2VRM3AONVZjKzNGn138RS6hhs5s_-vx3YAvQqIg7AB4lEr90lZt5uooyg
LA Opera proudly presents The Anonymous Lover (L’Amant Anonyme), an unjustly neglected 1780 chamber opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint–Georges, a pioneering Black composer who was a contemporary of Mozart. Read more: https://www.laopera.org/performances/updated-2021-season/the-anonymous-lover/
Thursday, November 5, Xian Zhang conducts the world premiere of the orchestral version of violist-composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Primal Message. See https://www.dso.org/watch-listen-and-connect/newsroom-2/this-month-on-dso-digital-concerts-classical-and-pnc-pops-performances