After refusing to change the last line of a score Daniel Roumain wrote for an upcoming production commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre the opera composer was reportedly 'decommissioned' by The Tulsa Opera. Roumain was set to work on the upcoming 'Greenwood Overcomes' concert, a program aimed at memorializing the centennial of the Black Wall Street massacre of 1921, according to Black Enterprise. He announced his termination on Twitter. 'I was asked to create a new work for them. I composed the words and music for a new aria, and the last 2 lines are, 'God Bless […]
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