"Wade in the Water," performed here by @tiffanytownsendsoprano, @myahpaden, @iojikutu, @rlhbaritone, is one of over 40 spirituals that will be featured in our upcoming world premiere opera, Jubilee. Jubilee, written and created by Tazewell Thompson, tells the history of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, who toured the country performing spirituals and raising funds to establish Fisk University. Through powerful vignettes full of humor, heartbreak, and hope, the singers share their personal histories as

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