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Call for Info: Black Concert Singers and Opera Composers
Monday, 26 March 2007

Black Concert Singers and Opera Composers:
A Resource Book

(working title)

 

Attention: schools, studio teachers, singers, managers, and interested public!!

Distinguished Dominique-René de Lerma is seeking information on current or past professional opera singers and recitalists.[1]  He intends to include data on the more than 1,600 figures (already identified) that have been active in recitals and opera (including musical theater).[2]  This includes performers not just from the U.S.

There will also be a directory to more than 700 operas by Black composers.

Each entry on the individuals will consist of the following elements:

  • Professional name and year of birth.  If birth name differs, this will also be included.
  • Vocal Fach (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone, bass).
  • Photograph
  • Identification of management or e-mail address of performer.
  • Bibliography of fully cited print literature on the individual.
  • Web site URLs.
  • Recordings (format: LP, CD, DVD, etc.} composer and title, all performers with roles sung, pianists, orchestras, conductor; full record label and issue number; year of issue, album title).
  • Performances (composer, title, all involved performers; city and venue; date[s]).  There will be an index of composer, work, and performer suitable to encourage bookings.

The manuscript presently runs more than 1,000 pages.  It will not include excerpted quotations of critics or biographies.

PLEASE pass this information on to others!

Deadline for response: End of 2007. At that time, the manuscript will be delivered to the publisher.

If you wish to communicate with Dr. de Lerma, email him directly at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Dominique-René de Lerma
Professor of Music
Lawrence University
Appleton WI



[1] Inclusion of undergraduates will be exceptional, while it will be virtually assumed that, starting with graduate or advanced study, these students will have appeared professionally.

[2] Cab Calloway will be among those unexpectedly included.  His stage debut was in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer.  And productions such as Porgy and Bess or Carmen Jones will necessitate inclusion of yet others.

 
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