Unforgivable Blackness, which will be broadcast on PBS in January 2005, tells the story of boxer Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight champion of the world. Marsalis also collaborated with Burns on his 2000 PBS series Jazz, serving as senior creative consultant and appearing as an on-screen commentator.
Jazz at Lincoln Center hosted a Jack Johnson Festival earlier this month, presenting clips from Burns's film and music from Marsalis's score.
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Lileana Blain-Cruz's production of John Adams' opera-oratorio opened April 23.
Composer John Adams and theatre director Lileana Blain-Cruz retells the story of the Nativity, through the lens of Latin America.
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Lileana Blain-Cruz directs the new production, opening April 23.
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