BLACK FLUTE Premiere

BLACK FLUTE reimagines the quintessential in opera. Mozart's magical and transformational MAGIC FLUTE comes to life filmed in Washington DC’s iconic neighborhoods. A luminous version by local playwright Sybil Williams and librettist Jarrod Lee* puts new words to unforgettable music crying out that black life matters and exploring what it is to be young, black, and gifted in opera today.

KenYatta Rogers directs a young national cast including artists in the Cardwell Dawson Fellowship:

Carl DuPont* as Papageno

Edward Graves as Tamino

Elise Christina Jenkins* as Papagena/Third lady

William Powell III as Sarastro

Melissa Wimbish* as Pamina/Second Lady

and Kristin Renee Young as Queen of the Night/First Lady

Music Direction by Dr. Elizabeth Hill

Jarrod Lee*, English Libretto

Sybill Roberts, playwright

Directed by KenYatta Rogers, assisted by Michelle Proctor Rogers

Safiya Muthaliff, Stage Manager

Videography by DMV Productions

*Cardwell Dawson Fellow

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Sylvan Theater, 9810 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, United States