Frederick Douglass (Ulysses Kay opera)

Frederick Douglass is an opera in three acts composed by Ulysses Kay to a libretto by Donald Dorr. Its story is a semi-fictionalized account of the final years in the life of Frederick Douglass after his marriage to his second wife, Helen Pitts Douglass. The opera premiered on April 12, 1991, at Newark Symphony Hall performed by the New Jersey State Opera in a production directed by Louis Johnson and designed by Salvatore Tagliarino.

Frederick Douglass
Opera by Ulysses Kay
Frederick Douglass, the opera's protagonist
LibrettistDonald Dorr
Premiere
12 April 1991 (1991-04-12)
Newark, New Jersey
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