Thulani Davis, a playwright, novelist and librettist, had one book to refer to in the early 1980s when she started researching the life of iconic but complicated civil rights leader Malcolm X: his ...

“X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” playing at Manhattan’s renowned Metropolitan Opera House until early December, is part of a concerted effort to bring African-American stories (and audiences) to ...

There is an “X” that hangs in front of The Metropolitan Opera House’s façade. The “X” is a banner, created by artist Glenn Ligon, where a black bold ‘X’ (of Malcolm X) is affixed a “field of ...

Detroit Opera made a strong impression Saturday night with the sprawling jazz opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” a production that bore skilled performances and excellent music but proved a ...

“Malcolm X would want us to investigate and interrogate what it means for us to put his story on the Met stage,” said O'Hara. “Every part of this presentation is meant to offer an experience that ...

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Opera has always been filled with compelling characters that push societal norms. Even so, most people today probably don’t think of opera as a particularly progressive artform. That may be why an ...

On Friday night at the Strand Theatre, BMOP and Odyssey Opera performed ‘X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.’ The presentation marked the launch of a five-year initiative devoted to operas by Black ...

DOORS UNTIL THE INCIDENT WAS OVER. IT’S OPENING NIGHT. FOR WHAT OPERA OMAHA CALLS A SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL IN THE METRO. THE PRODUCTION OF X THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X TAKES THE STAGE AT THE ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Ahead of its new production of Anthony Davis’s “X,” the house hosted a starry, 18-hour reading of Malcolm X’s autobiography. Bryce Christian Thompson, left, and Scarlett Diviney ...

Recently revised by composer Anthony Davis, the three-act opera to a libretto by his cousin Thulani Davis based on a story by his brother Christopher Davis takes us through more than thirty years of ...