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Editor’s Note: Naomi André is an opera expert, academic and published author. Her most recent book is “Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely ...

Opera is famously a grand synthesis of all the arts, or at least so its devotees would have you believe. It combines orchestral and vocal music, theater, dance, visual arts, literature and, ...