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essay on racial stereotyping in opera

  • George Shirley as Don Ottavio
    In Racial Stereotyping: The New Face of Opera?

    …as to the future of casting and whether the voice, the raison d’être for the existence of opera, will ultimately be overruled by physical appeal. I well understand the genesis of present misgivings expressed by people of color, concerns that spring from their legitimate desire for inclusion as artists and…

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