BR Opera Company’s Minette Fontaine (1984)
Folks
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1984-11-04
Duration: 00:05:27
Subjects: Baton Rouge Opera Company | Opera | Music | Arts
Contributors:
- Hinton, Rob Host
- Dobish, Gail Interviewee
- George, Donald Interviewee
- Dorr, Donald Interviewee
Description
This segment from the November 4, 1984, episode of the series “Folks” features Rob Hinton’s report on the Baton Rouge Opera Company’s production of “Minette Fontaine,” an opera set in New Orleans by African American composer William Grant Still. He interviews: Gail Dobish, “Minette Fontaine”; Donald George, “Diron Hachard”; and Donald Dorr, the artistic director of the Baton Rouge Opera Company.