#Latest news with #JessicaMurphyMooWashington Post17-04-2025EntertainmentWashington Post‘Loving v. Virginia' goes from the highest court to grand operaThe 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.
Washington Post17-04-2025EntertainmentWashington Post‘Loving v. Virginia' goes from the highest court to grand operaThe 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.
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