OperaCréole: Les Lions de la Reconstruction
from Black Codes to the Ballot Box
World Premiere of a new One Act Opera written by OperaCréole
A Tricentennial Event
Come experience the story of 19th Century New Orleans free people of color, composers and freedom fighters, who petitioned President Lincoln for the right to vote!
Music of our free composers of color:
Edmond Dédé
Basile Bares
Charles Lucien Lambert
Samuel Snaer
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Arrangements by Tucker Fuller
Additional lyrics and melodies by Givonna Joseph
Also, music by Dr. Marcus St. Julien
Starring:
Chauncey Packer, as Samuel Snaer
Richard Hobson, as Dr. Louis Charles Roudane
Terrance Brown, as Edmond Dédé
Tyrone Chambers, as Basil Bares
Ivan Griffin, as Rodolphe Desdunes
Kenya Lawrence Jackson, as Mother Juliette Gaudin
Robert Wagner, as Father Claude Paschal Maistre
Jonathan Parham, as Paul Trevigne
Valencia Pleasant, as Madame Trevigne
Kayla Lewis, as Madamoiselle Georges
Micah Turner, as Captainin Andre Cailloux and Babba
Keturah Hearn Turner, as Zizi
Givonna Joseph, as Sister Marie Charles and Nellie Murray
Aria Mason, as Sister Chloe Preval
Joy Meade, as Sylvie Leflet
Special Guests: Zella Palmer, Cree Merriman Jourdain, Jari Honora, Mark Roudanez
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Steven Edwards, conductor
Dr. Wilfred Delphin, piano
Lula Elzy, choreography
Givonna Joseph: Stage Director
Aria Mason, Stage Manager
Tickets:
$40. VIP: Includes 6:15 pre- performance lecture by Mark Roudané,
the great-great grandson of Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez, and Barbara Trevigne, great-great-grandniece of Paul Trevigne. Reserved seating.
$30. General Admission
Date
- Friday Oct 19 2018
- Expired!
Cost
- General Admission: $30 / V.I.P.: $40
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Location
- 725 St. Ferdinand Street, New Orleans, LA 70117