Canadian Opera Company to Present ‘Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White’
The Canadian Opera Company is set to world premiere “Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White” from Canadian director and librettist HAUI and composer Sean Mayes. White was a Nova Scotian contralto who was the first Black Canadian concert performer to achieve international fame in the mid-20th century. In a statement, HAUI said, “What a poetic justice to share Portia’s {…}