Pittsburgh Opera’s “The Passion of Mary Cadwell Dawson” Will Wrap Season 2023/24

onstagepittsburgh.com: “In 1943, the National Negro Opera Company is set to perform on a floating barge to evade racially-segregated venues,” the opera’s program notes tell us. “But when bad weather threatens—pushing the performance to a segregated performance hall—visionary impresaria Mary Cardwell Dawson must find a way forward.”