LA Opera to Premiere ‘Death’ by Tyshawn Sorey and Nadia Hallgren
On Feb. 19, 2021, LA Opera will present the online world premiere of a new digital short film, entitled “Death.” This upcoming work comes from celebrated composer Tyshawn Sorey and filmmaker Nadia Hallgren, whose documentary on Michelle Obama, “Becoming,” was nominated for four Emmy Awards. Adapting the poem of the same name by turn-of-the-century Black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, “Death” {…}