This is Act II, Scene 6 from a live performance of the opera Amistad by Anthony Davis and Thulani Davis sung by Florence Quivar with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The Goddess of the Waters tells the story of the "Middle Passage" from the perspective of the ocean as she receives the bodies of slaves tossed overboard. For the Goddess these actions not only are immoral but literally a violation of her body.

2 - 09 Amistad, Act II, Scene VI  Aria  They Come As If From The Heavens

This excerpt from Wakonda's Dream by composer Anthony Davis and librettist Yusef Komunyakaa features Phyllis Pancella as Dolores and Eugene Perry, Justin,  as a married couple in trouble. The scene begins as a tender duet, "In the Quiet of Darkness" that is an attempt at reconciliation but ultimately fails. Eugene Perry as Justin  in "Is It Too Late for Us" wonders if he is lost in his obsession with the "White Coyote." The scene concludes with Kurzweil magic from Earl Howard as the chorus echoes the word "coyote."

Wakonda's Dream Act II, Scene 2

Anthony Davis

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