On this day in 2001, MTV premiered Carmen: A Hip Hopera, a genre-bending, culture-shifting reinterpretation of Georges Bizet’s classic opera Carmen—with a Hip Hop twist that made waves through both ...
In its debut showing, Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera is a one man show by playwright and performer Sébastien Heins, telling the funny, dark and poignant story of two brothers living the Hip Hop Life. The ...
Robert Townsend Recalls Beyoncé’s Audition for ‘Carmen: A Hip Hopera,’ Says She Was ‘Really Nervous'
Robert Townsend saw something special in Beyoncé during her very first audition. The acclaimed director recently opened up to Lena Waithe on Legacy Talk about casting the then-19-year-old singer in ...
You may remember Beyoncé’s Carmen: A Hip Hopera—if you don’t, google it. The MTV production set the bar for “hip hopera” (hip hop and opera) by completely changing the game. Now, Regina King is ...
Introducing a San Diego black female socially confined to 2-dimnesional charcters respectfully setting the record straight. Using poetry she with the help of a band and local vocalists, melodically ...
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