Towards a New Opera!

Ep 3 | Charlotte Brathwaite

created by Alexander Gedeon

design by Yuki Izumihara

a co-production of Long Beach Opera & Social Convention

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This week Alexander connects with opera director Charlotte Brathwaite, currently producing some of the most innovative and exciting work in the field of new opera. Charlotte discusses her journey to finding her directorial voice and the myriad implications of creating freely as an operatist.

Director Charlotte Brathwaite (Canada/Barbados/UK) is known for her unique approach to staging classical and unconventional texts, dance, visual art, multi-media, site-specific installation, video, film, performance art, plays and music events. Named as one of the “up-and-coming women in theatre to watch” by Playbill, her work has been seen in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and Asia. With subject matter ranging from the historical past to the distant future, her work offers unique perspectives on form as it illuminates issues of race, sex, power and the complexities of the human condition. www.charlottebrathwaite.com

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RABBIT HOLES:

Sanctuaries, my collaboration with Darrell Grant & Anis Mojgani

https://www.thirdangle.org/sanctuaries

"What a CITY is For" by Matt Hern

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/what-city

Where are the Black designers?

wherearetheblackdesigners.com

artnet feature on Abigail Deville

https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/abigail-deville-art21-madison-square-park-1919345

Ellen Stewart, Mama of La Mama

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Stewart

"We were never meant to survive" is from the Audre Lorde poem "A Litany for Survival"

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147275/a-litany-for-survival

From the Autobiography of Omar ibn Said

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/community/text3/religionomaribnsaid.pdf

Rhiannon Giddens

https://www.rhiannongiddens.com

Courtney Bryan

https://www.courtneybryan.com

Cauleen Smith

https://www.cauleensmith.com