(THE COLLEGE FIX) – Students at New York’s John Jay College are demanding an opera honoring slain teenager Emmett Till be canceled due to the prominent role of a white woman.
“Emmett Till: A New American Opera,” was scheduled to start its run on Wednesday. But it has come under fire because the story is largely told by a caucasian woman whose changes and experiences with race frame the narrative arc of the story.
The opera is a production shared between John Jay College, Opera Noire International and the Harlem Chamber Players. The show was written by composer Mary Watkins, who is black, and playwright/librettist Clare Coss, who is white.
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