Monthly archives: November, 2020

Naomi André wins the Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award for Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement

BORN is extremely proud to announce that Prof Naomi André has won the American Musicological Society’s Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award for her monograph, Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement (University of Illinois Press, 2018). Black Opera analyzes how American and South African artists and composers have used opera to reclaim Black people’s place in …

New Publication!: African Theatre 19: Opera and Music Theatre

We are delighted to announce the publication of African Theatre 19: Opera and Music Theatre, edited by Christine Matzke, Lena van der Hoven, Christopher Odhiambo, and Hilde Roos. Covering a range of geographic and stylistic areas, this groundbreaking volume, published by Boydell & Brewer, is the first to provide a critical overview of music-theatrical traditions …