Composer and jazz trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe is debuting his new opera “The Jonah People: A Legacy of Struggle and Triumph” this month. In today’s episode, we hear how Lokumbe created his visionary work and his collaboration with the Nashville Symphony. WPLN editor LaTonya Turner also takes us behind-the-scenes for a look at the complex scenic and technical design that must be put together in the next few days.
Nashville native and countertenor Patrick Dailey finally steps onto the city’s biggest classical stage
Nashville native Patrick Dailey is an opera singer who has performed internationally to great acclaim. Now after several years of singing, teaching and collaborating here, Dailey is making his performance debut with the Nashville Symphony as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah.
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