In celebration of Black History Month, SFPL and San Francisco Opera invite you to join Cole Thomason-Redus for a historical and musical survey of Black Voices in American Opera. This 90-minute presentation will explore the careers and recordings of pioneers such as Camilla Williams, Simon Estes, and Marian Anderson, midcentury superstars such as Leontyne Price, and modern-day masters of the American opera stage. In addition to celebrating these iconic voices, we will discuss the institutional and social barriers that have often existed within the art form, and the corrective and equity-based efforts being taken today as San Francisco Opera paves the way for a new century of opera in America.