Lalovavi, an Afrofuturist opera by Kevin Day and libretto by Tifara Brown, makes its world premiere this week. Lalovavi, premiering July 9, is the first of three operas commissioned by the Cincinnati Opera’s Black Opera Project. The audience finds Lalovavi 400 years in the future in Atlas, once known as Atlanta, controlled by the dictator […]
Anne Arenstein
Anne Arenstein is a frequent contributor to CityBeat, focusing on the performing arts. She has written for the Enquirer, the Cincinnati Symphony, Santa Fe Opera and Cincinnati Opera, and conducted interviews for WVXU's Around Cincinnati. In 2009, Anne was named an NEA Fellow in Classical Music and Opera Journalism. She is a regular contributor to the opera blog Parterre.
