{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Black Opera Project celebrates resilience and richness of the Black American experience","publication_date":"June 26, 2026","summary":"Imagine a world 400 years in the future, where a young woman is forced into exile after discovering she carries a rare gene linked to extraordinary power and immortality. That's the premise of a new opera opening in Cincinnati. PBS stations CET and ThinkTV take us behind the scenes for a look at the project and the new direction it's taking opera. It's for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. ","author_name":"By Anne Azzi Davenport, Nadya Ellerhorst","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2026\/06\/7e0a9c6b7a814be3f1ba6abcc513ed64-blackoperaproject-1-1024x576.png","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}