Margaret Garner

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Margaret Garner is an opera for which Toni Morrison wrote the libretto, dramatizing the true story of an enslaved woman who killed her child rather than see her returned to slavery.

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Margaret Garner canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
acts 2 ⓘ
basedOn life of Margaret Garner (enslaved woman) ⓘ
commissionedBy Cincinnati Opera ⓘ
Michigan Opera Theatre ⓘ
Opera Company of Philadelphia ⓘ
composer Richard Danielpour ⓘ
featuresCharacter Cilla ⓘ
Edward Gaines ⓘ
Margaret Garner ⓘ
Robert Garner ⓘ
firstPerformanceOrganization Michigan Opera Theatre ⓘ
genre opera ⓘ
historicalContext Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
librettist Toni Morrison ⓘ
librettoBasedOn historical court records of Margaret Garner case ⓘ
notableProduction Cincinnati Opera 2005 production ⓘ
linked to: Cincinnati Opera

Opera Company of Philadelphia 2006 production ⓘ
orchestration full orchestra ⓘ
premiereCity Detroit ⓘ
premiereCountry United States ⓘ
premiereDate 2005-05-07 ⓘ
premiereLocation Detroit Opera House ⓘ
productionType co-commission ⓘ
setting Kentucky ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
subject American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War

escape from slavery ⓘ
infanticide ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
theme freedom ⓘ
moral dilemma ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
timePeriod 1850s ⓘ
vocalForces chorus ⓘ
soloists ⓘ

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Margaret Garner → featuresCharacter → Margaret Garner ⓘ