Composer Jasmine Arielle Barnes and librettist Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton join WFMT to preview their upcoming new opera. She Who Dared shines a spotlight on the brave women who helped dismantle bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, leading to the landmark court case Browder v. Gayle. With a score that fuses gospel, jazz, blues, and classical music, She Who Dared receives its world premiere at Chicago Opera Theater next month. Learn more HERE.
On She Who Dared with Jasmine Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
Chicago Opera Theater's "She Who Dared'"
Playlist
All selections by Jasmine Arielle Barnes.
Peace
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Kevin J. Miller, piano
“Every Great Dream” from Portraits: Douglass and Tubman
Baltimore Choral Arts Society Chorus and Orchestra/Anthony Blake Clark
Taking Names
Karen Slack, soprano
Yoko Greeney, piano
A Sable Jubilee
Will Liverman, baritone
Jonathan King, piano
Invocation
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Kevin J. Miller, piano
“Never More Than Nothing” from A Miracle in Legacy
Joshua Conyers, baritone
Chelsea Whitaker, piano
“It only takes one degree” from She Who Dared
Jacqueline Echols McCarley, soprano
American Lyric Theater/Kelly Kuo
This live recording of the 2024 orchestral workshop of ‘She Who Dared’ is used with kind permission from American Lyric Theater and Chicago Opera Theater. ‘She Who Dared’ was commissioned and developed by American Lyric Theater under the auspices of the company’s Composer Librettist Development Program.
