The oldest known opera by a Black composer is an adaptation of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by a composer from this city. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this home city of Edmond Dédé (“day-DAY”), whose opera Morgiane (“mor-jee-AHN”) was premiered in 2025 by its OperaCréole. Louis Armstrong was born in this city.
ANSWER: New Orleans
[10m] In this composer’s opera A Bayou Legend, Clothilde (“clo-TEELD”) arranges for Bazile (“bah-ZEEL”) to be lynched after communing with the spirit of his ex-lover. This composer wrote the Afro-American Symphony.
ANSWER: William Grant Still
[10h] After Greta breaks up with the protagonist of this opera, he returns to his Louisiana home and debates killing his sexually abusive cousin Chester. Charles M. Blow is the protagonist of this Terence Blanchard opera.
ANSWER: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
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