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The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson
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Visionary impresaria Mary Cardwell Dawson fights and triumphs as she establishes the National Negro Opera Company in Carlos Simon and Sandra Seaton’s new play with music. She trained hundreds of African American youth to sing. She founded the longest-running, all-Black opera company. She organized opera guilds in the country’s biggest cities. Mary Cardwell Dawson’s dream to bring music to African American audiences came true—and it changed the f...
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3 dates (20 Jan - 22 Jan)
Jan
20
Fri
7:30 pm
Kennedy Center
Washington, DC, United States
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Jan
22
Sun
2:00 pm
Kennedy Center
Washington, DC, United States
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22
Sun
5:00 pm
Kennedy Center
Washington, DC, United States
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