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Wall Street Journal
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘Loving v. Virginia' and ‘Antony and Cleopatra' Reviews: Couples in Crisis
Richmond, Va. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Virginia Opera teamed up with the Richmond Symphony to commission a work with a state-centric story. Damien Geter's 'Loving v. Virginia,' which had its world-premiere performances in three Virginia venues, including the Dominion Energy Center here last weekend, depicts the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that struck down Virginia's prohibition against interracial marriage. Following the passage of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act in previous years, Loving represented yet another important step toward the legal enshrinement of full civil rights for all Americans.
Washington Post
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
‘Loving v. Virginia' goes from the highest court to grand opera
The opera stage is not a history classroom, but it can serve to preserve and elevate stories that might not make it to either. This month, Virginia Opera and Richmond Symphony will present the world premiere of composer Damien Geter and librettist Jessica Murphy Moo's 'Loving v. Virginia,' an operatic retelling of the events leading to the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that declared laws against interracial marriage unconstitutional and set the stage for decades of subsequent advances in civil rights.
