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Opera singer and director Denyce Graves on why ‘Carmen’ matters today

Opera singer and director Denyce Graves on why ‘Carmen’ matters today

Opera singer and director Denyce Graves on why ‘Carmen’ matters today

Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves speaks with MPR News host Angela Davis about her experiences performing the opera “Carmen,” growing up in Washington, D.C., and what it's been like to be a Black woman singing her way to the top of a traditionally white, European musical art form.

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Harrison Birtwistle, an influential English composer, has died at age 87
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Musical 'Bhangin' It' revolves around a competitive college bhangra dancer
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Composer Danny Elfman is delivering an album, a Coachella performance and concertos
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Top Ten Women Actors of the AFI

Top Ten Women Actors of the AFI

The American Film Institute’s top picks of great female actors. Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Marilyn Monroe and more.

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Remembering jazz pianist and composer Jessica Williams
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Young ballerinas from Kharkiv are now among millions displaced by Ukraine's war
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After 65 years, percussionist finally says farewell to Bangor Symphony Orchestra
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How the late jazz great Chick Corea is being remembered — in concert
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