Harriet, the Woman Called Moses
Music by Thea Musgrave
Harriet, the Woman Called Moses is an opera in two acts composed by Thea Musgrave who also wrote the libretto which is loosely based on episodes in the life of the American abolitionist and former slave Harriet Tubman. The opera premiered on 1 March 1985 in Norfolk, Virginia, performed by Virginia Opera with subsequent broadcasts of the Virginia Opera production on National Public Radio and BBC Radio 3. Musgrave also wrote two shortened versions of the opera—The Story of Harriet Tubman (written 1990, premiered 1993) and the concert work Remembering Harriet (written 1984, premiered 2006).
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About the Composer
Thea Musgrave is the composer of record for this opera.
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