A Tribute to Arturo Schomburg as part of the Schomburg Center’s Centennial Celebration.

This program will feature a panel discussion led by Dr. Vanessa Valdés, who is the author of the definitive biography Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg and musical performances. This program will also include a sneak preview of a new opera about Arturo Schomburg, commissioned by soprano Dr. Zuly Inirio.

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PROGRAM
Selections from Wagner's Tannhäuser and Verdi’s Aida
World premiere sneak preview excerpt from Negro: The Arturo Schomburg Story by composer Dr. Carlos R. Carillo and librettist Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés
Xavier Montsalvatge Cinco canciones negras
Panel Discussion led by Dr. Vanessa Valdés

FEATURING
Dr. Zuly Inirio, soprano
Dr. Vanessa Valdés, moderator, speaker
Dr. Carlos Carillo, composer
Courtney Carey, baritone

Dr. Gregory Hopkins, piano
Lynnesha Crump, soprano
Rocky Sellers, bass-baritone

Jonathan Kelly, piano
Ashley Horne, violin
Claire Chan, violin
William Frampton, viola
Wayne Smith, cello

This event is presented in association with the Afro-Latinx Song & Opera Project and Harlem Opera Theater.