Article 5XDYW Critics of Opera Based on Emmett Till's Murder Don't Want the Curtain to Go Up

Critics of Opera Based on Emmett Till's Murder Don't Want the Curtain to Go Up

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Angela Johnson
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Nearly 50 years after Emmett Till's death, the composer of a new opera based on his murder wants her show to inspire conversations around racism. Emmett Till, A New American Opera, is inspired by the story of 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was brutally beaten and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at...

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