"Harriet's Spirit is using the spirit of Harriet Tubman as an inspiration to a young girl to overcome bullying in school" - Nicole Paiement

In this episode our featured voice is the Artistic and General Director of Opera Parallele Nicole Paiement. “I started this company because I was very eager to not only collaborate with a lot of artists in the area, but specifically with living composers, and also try to find a way to sort of demystifying what opera is about bringing it into the 21st century by telling relevant stories and embracing modernist really making opera as compelling as it can be. And, you know, our vision is creating opera of our time and being part of this community through the art of storytelling and beautiful music”

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