Many experts also think Scott Joplin's opera "Treemonisha" included incidents of his life with his mother after Giles Joplin left.

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His historic performance took place ten years before black singer Marian Anderson performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

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Until that night, black singers of classical music had almost no chance of performing in major American opera houses and theaters.

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One of these, the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, is home to the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the Pittsburgh Opera.

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that are still performed today. And he wrote what many consider to be the most beautiful American opera, "Porgy and Bess."

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Krasa directed the children performing the opera fifty-five times at the camp before they were sent to their deaths by the Nazis.

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And,he was proud of being the first African-American to break the color barrier in a major opera house.

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These are some of our favorites. One of the most famous songs about summer is from George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess."

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Marian Anderson's presence made it possible for other black singers to become opera singers in the United States.

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He has designed productions for performance groups including Cirque du Soleil, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, and Disney Theatrical Productions.

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He noted in a V-O-A broadcast in Nineteen-Ninety that blacks are singing in opera houses all over America.

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He also created set designs for "The Nutcracker" ballet by Tchaikovsky and "The Magic Flute" opera by Mozart.

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Then the opera will move on to Calgary,Canada and the California cities of San Diego and San Francisco.

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This opera was first performed in nineteen forty-two at a center for Jewish children without parents in Prague,Czechoslovakia.

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