The Emperor Jones (opera)
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The Emperor Jones is an opera in two acts with a prologue and interlude composed by Louis Gruenberg to an English-language libretto adapted by the composer from Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play, The Emperor
Eugene O'Neill, after whose play the composer wrote the libretto
The Metropolitan Opera House on 39th St, where The Emperor Jones premiered on January 7, 1933
Lawrence Tibbett who created the title role of The Emperor Jones
Jules Bledsoe
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Julius Lorenzo Cobb Bledsoe was an American baritone, a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the first major Black opera singer in the United States, and one of the first Black artists to gain re
The Emperor Jones (opera)
…and San Francisco in 1933 with Tibbett in the title role and was revived again in Chicago in 1946. In Europe it was performed in Amsterdam in 1934 with Jules Bledsoe in the title role followed by performances in Brussels, Vienna, Milan, and London. The Teatro dell'Opera in Rome performed it in 1951, and Michigan…
Debut Recital Program, Aeolian Hall, New York City, April 20, 1924.
![Recital Flyer, Maison Gaveau, Paris, 25 June 1931. Personal Direction, A. S. [sic] Huygens.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Jules-Bledsoe-1931.06.25-RecitalFlyer-MaisonGaveau-Paris-Schomburg-Ctr-NYPL-Box1-Folder10.jpg/500px-Jules-Bledsoe-1931.06.25-RecitalFlyer-MaisonGaveau-Paris-Schomburg-Ctr-NYPL-Box1-Folder10.jpg)
Recital Flyer, Maison Gaveau, Paris, 25 June 1931. Personal Direction, A. S. [sic] Huygens.
Jules Bledsoe as Amonasro in Verdi's Aida. Paris, 1937.
Opera The Emperor Jones, 1934. Poster by Willy Sluiter