Honouring Black History Month: In conversation with Othalie Graham and Jonelle Sills
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Inside Vancouver Opera honours Black History Month with an illuminating and candid conversation with two exemplary Black Canadian sopranos – Othalie Graham and Jonelle Sills, who recently were part of our performance of Cavalleria Rusticana In Concert.  The conversation delves into the question of race and representation in opera, and features the hard-won insights of both Othalie and Jonelle’s experience of being a Black singer in today’s world. We are also proud to amplify the following non-exhaustive list curated by Jonelle Sills of incredible Black Canadian singers working in our sector: Andrew Adrigde (https://www.instagram.com/drewadridge/) https://andrewadridge.com/andrew-adridge/Co founder of Opera Inreach (https://www.operainreach.com/home) Catherine Daniel (https://www.catherinedaniel.com/bio) Queen Hezumuryango https://www.instagram.com/queenhezumuryango/ Monika Mazanka (https://www.monikam.com) Khadija Mbowe (https://www.instagram.com/khadija.mbowe/) https://www.khadijambowe.com Katie McCullough (https://www.instagram.com/katiem.soprano/) https://lnk.bio/katiem.soprano Ineza Mugisha (https://www.instagram.com/ineza_m/) Chantale Nurse (http://www.chantalenurse.com) https://www.instagram.com/chantalenurse/ Charlotte Siegal (https://charliesiegelsings.wixsite.com/charlottesiegel) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charliesiegelsop/ Suzanne Taffot (https://www.instagram.com/taffot_soprano/) http://www.suzytaffot.com Korin Thomas Smith (https://www.instagram.com/kthomassmith/)
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