“As for the genre of opera, I think it can be fascinating to anyone. It’s really a combination of theatre, dance, orchestral music and singing. It can be a real spectacle, or it can be intimate,”...

Students performing compositions from Black composers in Cowels Music Center, Myhre Recital Hall, at Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. | Photo by Juan Rodriguez, The...