![]() In addition, Geoff Pope, the Super Bowl winner, and Malcolm X expert, will be speaking to Omaha youth and the public the weekend of performances. These talks serve to create an open conversation around the piece and the local importance of Malcolm’s message and work. Opera Omaha will host three sessions of Opera in Conversation happening prior to, and following, the opera. Opera Omaha is partnering with the foundation to offer a multitude of events, talkback sessions, and concerts surrounding the production, hoping to encourage the community to engage with and explore the history and community legacy of the piece. The Malcolm X Memorial Foundation, which is located on Malcolm’s birth site in North Omaha, serves to bring residents together to remember the legacy of Malcolm X through tours, educational programs, town hall forums and special events. That doesn’t happen all the time, to have a community win” said LeFlore-Ejike. Though selected by Opera Omaha to be included in the season nearly two years ago, the upcoming production promises to be a fit cultural event for the celebration of Malcolm’s recent Hall of Fame selection.įor JoAnna LeFlore-Ejike, the Executive Director of the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation, and Leo Louis II, its board president, the synergy of this moment has been 25 years in the making. Serendipitously, this November, Opera Omaha will produce the opera X, the Life and Times of Malcolm X, by Anthony Davis and Thulani Davis, which has been co-produced with the county’s leading opera companies and will be performed in Omaha before going to the Metropolitan Opera in New York. ![]() He will be the first African American to be selected for this honor in the state. On September 12, he was selected to be the newest inductee into the Nebraska Hall of Fame. The Omaha born, iconic leader, Malcolm X, is getting a lot of attention right now. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X ![]()
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