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She was the first African American to sing a prima donna role in Italy's greatest opera house. (The African-American soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs had sung there two years earlier, in the seconda role of Elvira in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri.) In Salzburg that summer, Price sang her first Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, again with Karajan. [13]
It includes American opera composers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "African-American opera composers" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Harry Lawrence Freeman. Harry Lawrence Freeman (October 9, 1869 – March 24, 1954) was an American neoromantic opera composer, [1] conductor, impresario and teacher. He was the first African-American to write an opera (Epthalia, 1891) that was successfully produced.
The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.
Enoch Sontonga, teacher, lay-preacher and composer who wrote "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" South African National Youth Orchestra; Springbok Nude Girls; The Square Set; Zanne Stapelberg (born 1977), opera soprano; Dale Stewart (born 1979) Sterling EQ, Classical crossover group; Stimela, Afro-fusion band formed in 1982; Straatligkinders, Afrikaans ...
Peter Klatzow, composer, pianist and Professor Emeritus at University of Cape Town; David Kramer (born 1951), composer, singer, songwriter, playwright and director; Andile Khumalo (born 1978), composer, lecturer of music at University of Witwatersrand; Mzilikazi Khumalo (1932–2021), choral composer, professor emeritus of African languages.
Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, statesman and long-time political opposition leader against apartheid in South Africa (1924–2010) Jackie Sedibe, South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Major General and politician activist and wife to Joe Modise (born 1945) Molefi Sefularo, Deputy Minister of Health (1957–2010)
Dates of birth and death are unknown for several composers whose music, published during the 19th century, is described in "Historical Notes on African-American and Jamaican Melodies". These composers include Harry Bloodgood, Samuel Butler, Dudley C. Clark, Harry Davis, Pete Devonear, Fred C. Lyons, Henry Newman, James S. Putnam, and Francis V ...