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The latest DMusPerf dissertation received in the Library
Congratulations to singer, Megan O'Neill!

Her dissertation is entitled: 'Reimagining Mary Magdalene: an exploration of John Adams's The Gospel according the the other Mary'

The full text of Megan's dissertation is also available on the TARA Research Repository at the following link: https://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/111236

Edmond Dédé, America’s First Black Opera Composer
by Patrick D. McCoy
(Early Music America, Published January 27, 2025)

Dédé’s Morgiane, ou Le Sultan d’Ispahan, from 1887, is perhaps the oldest known complete opera by an African-American composer

Hidden away for 138 years, the world premiere production of ‘Morgiane’ is a partnership between OperaCreole and Opera Lafayette

Edmond Dédé, America's First Black Opera Composer » Early Music America Next Week, New Orleans' OperaCreole and D.C.'s Opera Lafayette collaborate on a world premiere, 138 years after the music was written. Edmond Dédé fled antebellum New Orleans for France, where he was a successful conductor and composer. But his grand, four-act opera "Morgiane" was never performed,...