South Shore Opera Company of Chicago to Preview ‘Fannie Lou Hamer: I’m Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired’

The South Shore Opera Company of Chicago is set to present a preview performance of “Fannie Lou Hamer: I’m Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired.” The showcase, scheduled for Oct. 17, 2024, will feature about half of the opera, which will make its debut in 2025 in a full production. There will also be panel discussions from members {…}

Off the Beaten Track: Exploring Race & Identity in Richard Thompson’s ‘The Mask in the Mirror’

As we wrap up June and African-American Music Month, Off the Beaten Track explores the 2019 recording of composer and librettist Richard Thompson’s “The Mask in the Mirror,” the story of the ill-fated romance between America’s first Black poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Alice Ruth Moore, a New Orleans Creole, poet, journalist, and early civil rights advocate. For those new {…}