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Washington National Opera Commissions New Work About Black Teen Shot By White Police Officer

Uncategorized Posted: April 9, 2019 7:00 pm

“With a libretto by Tazewell Thompson and music by Jeanine Tesori, Blue complicates the narrative by making the teen’s father — played by local bass Kenneth Kellogg — a police officer himself. ‘Police are placed in incredibly difficult situations,’ says [WNO artistic director Francesca] Zambello, ‘and we try to present both sides of the story rather than just saying, ‘Okay, police violence is bad.”” – Washingtonian Magazine

Uncategorized Published: 04.03.19, sjm

Read the story in Washingtonian Magazine Published: 04.03.19, sjm

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