Guest column: How music can help heal
Opera Memphis singer Tanisha Ward performs to a small crowd from a flatbed trailer during an outdoor Collierville neighborhood performance on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Žak Ozmo
Žak Ozmo is a cultural connoisseur, music director, scholar, and specialist in the clinical application of music. He feels privileged to write about the culture of our remarkable city. He is on the faculty at Rhodes College and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Historically, it is music that has always been there for us in times of crisis.
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Bringing opera to Memphis on a flatbead trailer: A pandemic pivot likely to roll on
Taking opera from the concert halls to the streets was not a new notion for Opera Memphis. Their annual “30 Days of Opera” features small pop-up performances in unlikely places, from playgrounds and dog parks to libraries and groceries.
The streets are alive with the sound of opera
The annual “30 Days of Opera” performances, free and outdoors, seem made to order for pandemic times, though the series has been around at Opera Memphis since 2012.
Opera Memphis’ latest classic comes complete with surprise ending
Opera Memphis’ upcoming one-night showing of “Cosi fan tutte” will rely on audience participation. But, don’t worry, the crowd won’t be asked to sing.
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