OPERA/SOUTH

OPERA/SOUTH. Opera company (founded 1970 in Jackson, Mississippi). This regional opera company was founded by Sister Elise of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, a Catholic order, under the sponsorship of three black colleges in or near Jackson, Mississippi: Jackson State University, Utica Junior College, and Tougaloo College, all members of the Mississippi Inter-Collegiate Opera Guild. For its debut in May 1971, the company staged Verdi's Aida, using professional artists in the leading roles and...