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October 11, 2023
Santa Fe Opera

SFO's podcast "Key Change" Winner of The Signal Awards in the DEI category (Silver) and Music category (Bronze)

Hearty congratulations to our Community Engagement Department, including Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia, and producer-extraordinaire Andrea Klunder!

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September 15, 2023
Opera America

Opera's Architects: Librettists' (over)due credit

Solomon-Glover balanced Carter’s setting of Hamer’s actual speeches and singing with poetic approximation and imagined conversations.

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November 5, 2022
New Mexico PBS

Librettist Diana Solomon-Glover, “This Little Light of Mine”

Diana Solomon-Glover shines a light on the inspiring story of civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer – who spoke truth to power and sent shock waves throughout the nation.

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November 2, 2022
Broadway World

Review: THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE at Santa Fe Opera At Lensic Performing Arts Center

The opera, with music by Chandler Carter and Libretto by Diana Solomon-Glover, focuses on the real life story of Fannie Lou Hamer, a Black woman born and raised in Mississippi who becomes a beacon and a leader for securing the right to vote for Black Americans.

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October 26, 2022
95.5 KHFM

Librettist Diana Solomon-Glover discusses "This Little Light of Mine" on 95.5 KHFM (Soundcloud)

Librettist Diana Solomon-Glover discusses her new opera "This Little Light of Mine" at the Santa Fe Opera with Brent Stevens of 95.5 KHFM Classic Public Radio.

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October 4, 2022
Northwestern Magazine

Librettist Diana Solomon-Glover '79 brings civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer to life in “This Little Light of Mine,” premiering Oct. 28.

For Solomon-Glover, who studied radio/TV/film at Northwestern and has performed in operas and musical theater for decades — and whose mother was an opera singer, as well — music has been a powerful tool for resistance, togetherness and joy.

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September 20, 2022
Opera Wire

Santa Fe Opera Set to Premiere Chandler Carter & Diana Solomon-Glover’s ‘This Little Light of Mine’

The opera was composed by Chandler Carter and librettist Diana Solomon-Glover. The work was developed as part of as part of the company’s Opera for All Voices consortium.

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September 17, 2022
LA Daily Post

Santa Fe Opera Presents World Premiere Performances Of ‘This Little Light Of Mine’ About Voting Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer Beginning Oct. 28

The one-act opera is composed by Chandler Carter with libretto by Diana Solomon-Glover. Under development since 2017, the piece is commissioned by the Santa Fe Opera and its Opera for All Voices (OFAV) consortium partners.

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June 16, 2021
Louisville Courier Journal

'She captivated the country.' New opera captures the voice of this civil rights activist

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