The Detroit Opera presents The Central Park Five
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This is a field trip!
Anthony Davis, composer of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music for this true story adaptation of systemic discrimination. This gripping opera follows the wrongful convictions of five African American and Latino teenagers in the assault of a white female jogger in Central Park.
Despite racial injustice, resilience and redemption emerge as the five men fight for freedom.
The Central Park Five opera explores racial injustice, police brutality, coerced confessions, sexual violence, and wrongful imprisonment. The portrayal of these real-life events and the use of explicit racist language may be distressing.
Tickets - https://cart.detroitopera.org/the-central-park-5/4869
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MUSIC: Anthony Davis
LIBRETTO: Richard Wesley
DIRECTOR: Nataki Garrett
CONDUCTOR: Anthony Parnther
LANGUAGE: Sung in English with English subtitles
NOTE: The Central Park Five was originally commissioned by Trilogy: An Opera Company and Long Beach Opera for a reduced instrumentation of 16 players. The full orchestration was commissioned by Detroit Opera.
The Detroit Opera presents The Central Park Five