NEMPAC Opera Project is proud to celebrate its 10th Season with
Juneteenth: Opera in the Key of Freedom
June 19, 2021 at 12:30 P.M.
Featuring the works of William Grant Still, Scott Joplin, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and a World Premiere Commissioned Piece for North End Music & Performing Arts Center by Mason Bynes.
This virtual streaming presentation will celebrate the holiday of Juneteenth, when the Emancipation Proclamation was read in 1865 in Texas to the final groups of enslaved people marking the end to slavery in the United States. Through a variety of music from Black Composers across three centuries, we will celebrate Juneteenth with the themes of freedom, triumph, and joy. These works will be performed by leading Black Musicians of the Greater Boston Arts scene and filmed at the African Meeting House on Boston's Historic Black Heritage Trail.
Alexandra Dietrich, Artistic Director
Dr. Tiffany Chang, Music Director & Conductor