As directed by Rhiannon Giddens, the festival explores improvisation and cross-cultural connections at the expense of European modernism.
The multitalented composer and performer is aiming at a festival that ignores musical boundaries and questions standard narratives.
It’s the latest accolade for an opera that continues to wow audiences and critics alike.
Toshi and Bernice Johnson Reagon’s operatic rendering of Octavia Butler’s novel is scarily on point but also musically winning.
After four years away, the company is back at Herbst Theatre with a new production that blends tradition and experimentation.