CROSSING THE LINE TO FREEDOM: A MUSICAL NARRATIVE
Thu, May 31
|Codman Square Library, Dorchester
The Boston Lyric Opera and Castle of our Skins join forces to showcase the lives and stories of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., and Paul Robeson through the music of opera.
Time & Location
May 31, 2018, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Codman Square Library, Dorchester, 690 Washington St, Boston, MA 02124, USA
About the event
The Boston Lyric Opera and Castle of our Skins join forces to showcase the lives and stories of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., and Paul Robeson through the music of opera. Paired with spoken word, art song, spirituals and history, their lives — and those of other legendary liberators — take center stage.
May 31, 2018 6:00pm
Codman Square Library, Dorchester
June 1, 2018 12:30pm
Copley Square Library, Boston
June 7, 2018 6:00pm
West End Library, Beacon Hill
Featuring the music of composers Nkeiru Okoye, Adolphus Hailstork, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Margaret Bonds, and Undine Smith Moore.
*All performances are free and open to the public.