#SAFRONIA

at @lyricopera.bsky.social for the world premiere of #Safronia and there sure are a lot of people here considering #opera is such a “dying” art.

safronia - Court Theatre “Gospel, blues, funk, soul... Imagine Curtis Mayfield conducting Parliament-Funkadelic, with The Staple Singers and Deniece Williams providing the

Honored to view the world premiere of Chicago poet laureate avery r. young's #SAFRONIA at the Lyric Opera last night. A totally unique experience that blew the roof off the trad opera world. If you can't see it tonight, it will return next year to Court Theatre. www.courttheatre.org/season-ticke...

#Safronia the Opera in English by poet laureate #averyryoung:
A quintessential Black Diaspora genre oculture, music dance
showcased in #Chicago tonite.

One of my very good friends is there to indulge in the experience. Happy to have front row images as she’s photographer.

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I just saw some rolling credits at the end of a tv show… where someone is named “Safronia”.
I thought Nina just made that name up. Or maybe her parents were Nina Simone fans.
#NinaSimone #4women #Safronia

so happy and grateful to attend @lyricopera.bsky.social ‘s workshop of #safronia by the one and only #averyryoung : welcome at Lyric!

@askonasholt.bsky.social #thingsthathappenatlyric