Le Lions de la Reconstruction
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The Lions of Reconstruction:
from Black Codes to the Ballot Box
World Premiere of a new One Act Opera written by OperaCréole
Come experience the story of 19th Century New Orleans free people of color- composers and freedom fighters, who petitioned President Lincoln for the right to vote, and changed Louisiana!
Music of free composers of color:
Edmond Dédé
Basile Bares
Charles Lucien Lambert
Samuel Snaer
Arrangements by Tucker Fuller
Other melodies by Givonna Joseph
Conductor, Steven Edwards
Dr. Wilfred Delphin, Pianist
Starring:
Terrance Brown as Edmond Dédé
Chauncey Packer, as Samuel Snaer
Richard Hobson, as Dr. Louis Charles Roudane
Tyrone Chambers as Basil Bares
Ivan Grifin as Rodolphe Desdunes
Kenya Lawrence Jackson as Mother Juliette Gaudin
Robert Wagner as Father Claude Paschal Maistre
Tickets:
$40. Includes 6:15 pre- preformance lecture by Mark Roudané, the great-great grandson of Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez. reserved seating.
$30. General Admission
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