Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword: Singing in the Dark Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.
Preface
Introduction: Representing Blackness on the Operatic Stage
1. From Otello to Porgy: Blackness, Masculinity, and Morality in Opera Naomi André
2. Hearing the Other in The Masque of Blackness Sarah Schmalenberger
3. Nationalism, Racial Difference, and "Egyptian" Meaning in Verdi's Aida Christopher R. Gauthier an
4. Race, "Realism," and Fate in Frederick Delius's Koanga Eric Saylor
5. Political Currents and Black Culture in Scott Joplin's Treemonisha Ann Sears
6. Clarence Cameron White's Ouanga! in the World of the Harlem Renaissance Karen M. Bryan
7. New Paradigms in William Grant Still's Blue Steel Gayle Murchison
8. Performers in Catfish Row: Porgy and Bess as Collaboration Gwynne Kuhner Brown
9. Searching for "Authenticity" in Paul Bowles's Denmark Vesey Melissa J. De Graaf
10. The Politics of Color in Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones Melinda Boyd
11, Performing Race in Ernst Krenek's Jonny spielt auf Jonathan O. Wipplinger
12. Il Rodolfo Nero, or The Masque of Blackness George Shirley
Contributors
Index