Carl Hancock Rux uncovers the story of Angelo Soliman, an African in 18th-century Vienna and friend of Mozart, in "The Blackamoor Angel" opera. The jazz-infused work is being performed in the Spiegeltent at Bard College.
Final performances are Friday and Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
Rux, who participated in a post-show talk last week, probes Soliman's involvement in Mozart's final operas, his mysterious de
ath and the reason for the heinous postmortem display of his body in the imperial Naturalienkabinett.(Poughkeepsie Journal photos by Lee Ferris)
To purchase $25 tickets, call 845-758-7900 or the box office Web site.
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